reality : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reality	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reality n all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" Synonym(s): world, reality the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" Synonym(s): reality, realness, realism Antonym(s): irreality, unreality the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities" the quality possessed by something that is real Antonym(s): unreality
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reality \Real"ity\, n.; pl. {Realities}. [Cf. F. r[82]alit[82], LL. realitas. See 3d {Real}. and cf. 2d {Realty}.] 1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. --Addison. 2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea. And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton. My neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me. --Beattie. 3. [See 1st {Realty}, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.] To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller. 4. (Law) See 2d {Realty}, 2.