REALITY

[noun]Reality is the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be.The reality of the situation is that unless we find some new funding soon, the youth centre will have to close. [U]He escaped from reality by going to the cinema every afternoon. [U]He seemed very young, but he was in reality (= in fact) older than all of us. [U]His account of the event bore very little resemblance to reality (= was not similar to what happened in fact)."You're out of touch with reality (= Your decisions are not based on the facts of the situation)," said his boss, "you're not living in the real world." [U]Realities are facts.The book confronts the social, political and economic realities of the world today.The trouble with these suggestions is that they almost completely ignore the realities of most of our schools.Once you've left school you have to face up to life's harsh realities.Her childhood ambition became a reality (= happened in fact) when she was made a judge.