virtualadjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/virtual adjective (ALMOST)
C1 [ before noun ] almost a particular thing or quality:
Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country's economy.
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- Fighting and shortages have brought normal life to a virtual standstill in the city.
- He is a virtual prisoner in his own home.
- Falling orders led to the virtual ruin of her company.
- She suffered a virtual breakdown when her marriage broke up.
- They operate in virtual secrecy.
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Almost
- about
- almost
- as good as idiom
- as much as idiom
- be on the way to sth idiom
- inch
- intent
- more
- more or less idiom
- much
- near
- near
- nearly
- scant
- strike
- sub
- that was close! idiom
- the best/better part of idiom
- to/for all intents and purposes idiom
- way
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virtual adjective (COMPUTER)
B2 Something that is virtual can be done or seen using a computer and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone:
virtual shopping
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- desktop
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- multimedia
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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