actuality

noun/ˌækʃuˈæləti/

Frequency rank: #11,679 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the state of things as they really are; reality.

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Example sentence

In actuality, the situation was far more complicated than the news reports suggested.

Synonyms & related words

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