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# reality

noun (reality, realities)

«reality» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Reality is what really exists or happens, not what is imagined or pretend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#m1)
2. A reality is a fact or situation you have to face: «the reality of living on a farm». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#m2)
3. Virtual reality (VR) is a computer world you can see with a headset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it is the opposite of a dream, fantasy or magic world. In everyday life «in reality» means «actually». In computing lessons: virtual reality. TV «reality shows» film real people, but often staged. Phrases: «in reality», «face reality», «reality check», «become a reality».

### Examples

- In reality, the monster was just a shadow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x1)
- Her dream of a puppy became a reality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x2)
- It's time to face reality: the holidays are over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x3)
- Virtual reality lets you explore space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x4)
- The film mixes fantasy and reality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x5)
- Reality TV shows aren't always real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x6)
- The reality of camping was colder than we thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x7)
- (informal) That was a real reality check. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x8)
- But how does the sea look in reality? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/#x9)

### Note

Mostly uncountable; countable for particular facts (harsh realities). Adjective: real; adverb: really. Myth: reality TV is not always what really happens; much of it is planned.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah teaches that God made real things out of nothing, using letters and numbers. Tradition reads words and letters as the building blocks of creation. In the primary lessons: In stories it is the opposite of a dream, fantasy or magic world. In everyday life «in reality» means «actually». In computing lessons: virtual reality. TV «reality shows» film real people, but often staged. Phrases: «in reality», «face reality», «reality check», «become a reality».

### Examples

- He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reality/#x1)
- This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reality/#x2)

### Note

Mostly uncountable; countable for particular facts (harsh realities). Adjective: real; adverb: really. Myth: reality TV is not always what really happens; much of it is planned.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reality.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «reality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reality.html) on Mova free.