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Actuality
Definitions
- 1 The state of existing; existence. countable, uncountable
- 2 the state of actually existing objectively wordnet
- 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 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 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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