actuality
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actuality
- /ˌækt͡ʃuˈælɪti/
Where it comes from
From actual + -ity.
* (television): Influenced by French actualité.
noun actualities
- The state of existing; existence.
- An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact. "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman
- Live reporting on current affairs. A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
- A short early motion picture. By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reality, fact, potentiality, actual, relevance, realism, timeliness, present, practice, topicality, done, news, authenticity, realness, existence, truth
Translations
Every language
noun in metaphysics: energeia
| 日本語 | 現実態 genjitsutai |
|---|
noun the state of existing
| Español | realidad |
|---|---|
| Português | existência |
| Italiano | realtà |
| العربية | وَاقِعيّة |
noun the quality of being actual or factual
| Português | realidade |
|---|---|
| Italiano | attualità |
| Ελληνικά | επικαιρότητα epikairótita |
| Română | actualitate |
Talk about this word "actuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/actuality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. actuality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/actuality "actuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/actuality.Cite this
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title = {actuality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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