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re·al·i·ty

reality

 
 
pronunciation:
ri ae lih ti
part of speech: noun
inflections: realities
definition 1: Reality is all of what we know to exist and be true. Reality is not created by imagination. What we see in dreams at night is not reality. If someone believes they are riding a duck over a cloud of soap bubbles, their mind is not seeing reality.
Bad things sometimes happen in reality, even though we wish they did not happen or that they are only imagined.
definition 2: When something is a reality, it means that it is real.
Andrew's dream of one day winning a race became a reality.