actuality

réalité

Ce qui est vrai ou se produit réellement, par opposition aux apparences ou à l’imagination.

En anglais simple : What is really true or happens, rather than what seems true or is imagined.

• In actuality, the house was empty.
• The job sounded easy but was difficult in actuality.
• What seemed like a mistake was, in actuality, a clever choice.

Synonymes : reality, fact

Contraires : fantasy

Expressions courantes : in actuality, dream into actuality

réalités, faits

Faits et conditions réels d’une situation, par opposition à ce que les gens imaginent.

En anglais simple : The real facts or conditions of a situation, rather than what people imagine.

• The actualities of war shocked him.
• She described the daily actualities of caring for her father.
• Their plan ignored the practical actualities of running a business.

Comment l'utiliser : the actualities of something (The report describes the actualities of farm life.)

Synonymes : realities, facts

Expressions courantes : the harsh actuality, face the actuality

existence

Le fait d’exister réellement, et pas seulement d’être possible.

En anglais simple : The state of really existing, rather than only being possible.

• The idea had no physical actuality.
• They debated the actuality of the imagined world.
• The philosopher distinguished possibility from actuality.

Synonymes : existence

Contraires : nonexistence

Expressions courantes : physical actuality, bring into actuality