actuality

noun

/ˌæktʃuˈæləti/

(plural actualities)

(formal)

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[uncountable] the state of something existing in reality
- in actuality The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs.
[countable, usually plural] things that exist synonym fact, reality
- the grim actualities of prison life

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte.

单词	actuality
释义	actuality noun /ˌæktʃuˈæləti/ /ˌæktʃuˈæləti/ (plural actualities) (formal) jump to other results [uncountable] the state of something existing in reality in actuality The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs. [countable, usually plural] things that exist synonym fact, reality the grim actualities of prison life Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte.
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