Meaning of reality | Babel Free

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1. The state of being actual or real; realness.
   uncountable, usually
2. A female given name from English.
3. The real world.
   uncountable, usually
4. commodity
5. Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.
6. A real entity, event, or other fact.
   uncountable, usually
7. In fact; actually.
8. The entirety of all that is real.
   uncountable, usually
9. in reality, in fact or truth; actually.
10. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
    uncountable, usually
11. Whatever is accepted as having objective existence, independent of thought or language.
12. Loyalty; devotion.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
13. (especially American) very; really. a real nice house. baie جِدا наистина muito opravdu äußerst virkeligt πραγματικάmuy; realmente väga واقعا tosi très; vraimentממש यथार्थ में zaista, stvarno nagyon benar-benar reglulega, verulega molto; davvero とても 정말로 tikrai patiesi sememangnya ergriktig, ordentlignaprawdę رښتیا muito foarte, cu adevărat очень skutočne, veľmi zares zaista verkligt, riktigt แท้จริง çok; gerçekten （尤在美國）非常，真的 дуже, справді بہت زیادہ thực sự （尤在美国）非常，真正地
    especially American
14. Realty; real estate.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
15. a person who sees, or claims to see, life as it is, without being affected by emotion etc. realis إنْسان واقِعي реалист realista realista der/die Realist(in) realist ρεαλιστήςrealista realist واقع بین؛ واقع نگر realisti réalisteמציאותי यथार्थवादी realist gyakorlatias ember, realista realis raunsæismaður realista 現実主義者 현실주의자 realistas reālists realis realistvirkelighetsnær person realista حقيقت څرګندوونكى، رياليسټ realista realist реалист realista realist realista realist ผู้ยอมรับความจริง ger...
    etc
16. Reality television.
    attributive, uncountable, usually
17. realisme واقِعِيَّه реализъм realismo realismus der Realismus realisme ρεαλισμόςrealismo realism واقع بینی؛ رئالیسم realismi réalisme רֵיאָלִיזם यथार्थवाद realizam realizmus realisme raunsæi; raunhyggja realismo 現実主義 현실주의 realizmas reālisms realisme realistischrealisme, virkelighetstroskaprealizm (فلسفه) رياليسم، هغه عقيده چه وايى موجودات له ذهن نه دباندى واقعى وجود لرى، (ادبيات) هغه ادبى مكتب چه پيښى په واقعى ډول څرګندوى realismo realism реализм realizmus realizem realizam realism การมองสิ่ง...
18. (negative unrealistic).
    negative
19. realisties واقِعِيّاً реалистично realisticamente realisticky realistisch realistiskt ρεαλιστικά de forma realista realistlikult واقع گرایانه realistisesti d'une façon réaliste בְּאוֹפֶן מְצִיאוּתִי सजीवतापूर्वक, यर्थाथवादिता realno, realistično valóságosan, realisztikusan secara realistis raunsætt in maniera realistica 現実的に 현실적으로 realistiškai reālistiski secara realistik realistischrealistisk, nøkternt realistycznie په حقيقى ډول، په رښتيانۍ توګه de modo realista (în mod) realist реалистическ...
20. an expression of surprise, protest, doubt etc. `I'm going to be the next manager.' `Oh really?'; Really! You mustn't be so rude! o ja? حَقّا ! إنَّه لأمرٌ غَريب! наистина ли? sério?/francamente! opravdu wirklich virkelig! αλήθεια! μη μου πεις! (επιφ.) ¿de verdad?; de verdad, francamente (kas) tõesti!, ei või olla! در حقیقت؛ راستش را بخواهی todellako vraimentבאמת! सचमुच doista, zbilja tényleg?, komolyan? sungguh! jæja, virkilega davvero あら, そう 그래, 어머, 아니 nejaugi, tikrai []tiešām benarkah (seca...
    etc

Equivalents

Examples

“The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.”

“While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real.”

“A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.”

“As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.”

“The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.”

“There are several new realities that this team now needs to accept: our old project is dead, and our new project is now the priority.”

“And to realities yield all her shows.”

“My neck, Sir, may be an idea to you, but to me it is a reality.”

“A dream, of simple fantasy / That I, wished was reality / That you'd, come knocking at my door / And we'd, relive this dream once more”

“Recent historical studies indicate that we must continue to challenge the notion that there is an unproblematic story of queer liberation. For example, how do local histories account for realities such as the increased racial segregation of the New York bar scene after Stonewall?”

“Given the economic realities of contemporary Poland, a requirement to provide information on movable assets which exceed PLN 10,000 in value cannot be held to be excessive.”

“It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today[…].”

“Across the entire Universe. Never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. This is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The DESTRUCTION! Of REALITY! ITSELF!”

“To express our reality to the emperor.”

“a foray into reality programming”

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