{
    "term": "reality",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the true situation and the problems that actually exist in life, in contrast to how you would like life to be",
            "sensetop": "reality that…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She refuses to **face reality**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're **out of touch with reality.**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reality is that there is not enough money to pay for this project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They seemed to have the perfect marriage but the reality was very different."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm having a hard time adjusting to the reality of this situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He needs to **accept the reality** that his time in this job is over.",
                    "contextForm": "reality that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a rather tenuous grasp of reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has no illusions about the underlying reality of army life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think you understand the reality of the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most comedy relies on distorting reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people's ideas of the disease do not have much to do with the reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Painters at the time were largely concerned with reproducing external reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She will have to face reality sooner or later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie portrays a kind of alternate reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were faced with the awful reality of having nowhere to live."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a book that captures the reality of life during wartime"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["sad", "sobering", "unfortunate"],
                "verb + reality": ["become", "make something", "accept"],
                "reality + noun": ["check", "television", "TV"],
                "preposition": ["in reality", "reality of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a grasp of reality",
                    "a grasp on reality",
                    "a perception of reality"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that is actually experienced or seen, in contrast to what people might imagine",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Will time travel ever **become a reality**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paperless office is still far from being a reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As children they experienced **the harsh realities of** life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This decision **reflects the realities** of the political situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Politicians should not ignore economic realities for short-term political gain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took five years to **make** her idea **a reality**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Money is the key to turning dreams into a reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the practical realities of running a children's home"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the harsh economic realities of life as a student"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel describes the harsh realities of racism and life on the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are out of touch with the realities of modern warfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One day her dream will become a reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's our task to make the proposals a reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think you have quite grasped the realities of our situation!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her parents always tried to shield her from the realities of the world."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["sad", "sobering", "unfortunate"],
                "verb + reality": ["become", "make something", "accept"],
                "reality + noun": ["check", "television", "TV"],
                "preposition": ["in reality", "reality of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a grasp of reality",
                    "a grasp on reality",
                    "a perception of reality"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "television/shows, etc. that use real people (not actors) in real situations, presented as entertainment",
            "sensetop": "reality television/TV/shows/series/contestants",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the reality show ‘Survivor’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that a situation is different from what has just been said or from what people believe",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Outwardly she seemed confident but in reality she felt extremely nervous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In reality, human beings and dinosaurs never lived on earth at the same time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The media portray her as happy and successful, but in reality she has a difficult life."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/riˈæləti/",
                "audio": "re/reality/reality__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/riˈæləti/",
                "audio": "re/reality/reality__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: via French from medieval Latin realitas, from late Latin realis ‘relating to things’, from Latin res ‘thing’."
}