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actuality

[ak-choo-al-i-tee]

noun, plural -ties.

actual existence; reality.

an actual condition or circumstance; fact: Space travel is now an actuality.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English actualite < Medieval Latin āctuālitās. See actual, -ity

Related forms

non·ac·tu·al·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.

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actuality (ˌæktʃʊˈælɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	true existence; reality
2.	(sometimes plural) a fact or condition that is real

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