Actuality

//ˌækt͡ʃuˈælɪti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of existing; existence. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of actually existing objectively wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact. countable, uncountable

    ""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, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well.""

  4. 4
    Live reporting on current affairs. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  5. 5
    A short early motion picture. countable, historical, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From actual + -ity. * (television): Influenced by French actualité.

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