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actuality Definition

ac·tu·al·ity (ak′c̸ho̵̅o̅ alə tē, -s̸ho̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. the state of being actual; reality
  2. pl. -·ties an actual thing or condition; fact

actuality Synonyms

actuality

n.

materiality, substance, substantiality, fact; see fact 1, reality 1.

actuality Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • life: This does not mean, however, that his poetry offers an escape from the actuality of life.
  • situation: Dimbleby had picked at the rotting carcass and exposed the putrid actuality of the situation.
  • object: They then grow into physical manifestations in which the artist's imagination confronts the actuality of objects and their setting.
  • performance: Professor Butt relates such performance to arguments about ' heritage ' , new audiences and actualities of performance.

Preposition: from

  • opinion: It's up to you to cast a critical eye, sorting folder password protecting fact from fiction, actuality from opinion.

Converse of object

  • become: Encouraging findings for SME's who may be affected by a risk becoming an actuality.
  • have: In today's show we had Actualities, Tripe Trivia and an Album Analysis, followed by a nice film review from Paul.
  • accept: Steven does not even accept the actuality of God upon which these further possibilities, let alone the actualities, rest.
  • translate: Or is it just translating the actuality of seeing.

Adjective modifier

  • amazing: Maybe, like Martha, you'll suggest a topic for Aaron's Amazing Actualities!
  • first: Remember that first actuality is a kind of potentiality - a capacity to engage in the activity which is the corresponding second actuality.
  • second: Second actuality: an adult speaking ( or actively understanding ) French.
  • historical: Reason creates and educates itself within and through the totality of social and historical actuality.
  • current: A sharp-edged and busy, compelling energy or situation surges up, which forces us to square current actualities with our overall aims.
  • political: Cautionary words, like these have sparked debates on how to accommodate political actuality within the meaning of research.

Modifies a noun

  • film: There are 389 items covering drama, animation, documentaries, news, newsreel, amateur and actuality film.
  • footage: Mitchell & Kenyon Extraordinary and evocative actuality footage of life and society in the first years of the twentieth century.
  • sound: The fewer the better - actuality sound and edited sequences where the action tells the story hold the attention of the viewer.
  • sense: The only thing to commend those renderings was the conviction that they would make no sense if understood to be employing the actuality sense.
  • cinema: Moreover, the popularity of both the stereograph and actuality cinema signals the importance of these modern ways of seeing at this time.

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