Entry Word: actuality

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the fact of being or of being real <the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists> — see existence
2 the quality of being actual <the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it> — see fact 1
3 the state of being actual or complete <the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago> — see fruition