actuality

[ ak-choo-al-i-tee ]
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noun,plural ac·tu·al·i·ties.
  1. actual existence; reality.

  2. an actual condition or circumstance; fact: Space travel is now an actuality.

Origin of actuality

1
1350–1400; Middle English actualite<Medieval Latin āctuālitās.See actual, -ity

Other words from actuality

  • non·ac·tu·al·i·ty, noun, plural non·ac·tu·al·i·ties.

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British Dictionary definitions for actuality

actuality

/ (ˌæktʃʊˈælɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. true existence; reality

  2. (sometimes plural) a fact or condition that is real

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