- reality
- nounADJECTIVE▪ sad, sobering, unfortunate, unpleasant▪
We were faced with the unpleasant reality of having nowhere to live.
▪ bitter, brutal, cold, cruel, grim, gritty, hard, harsh, painful, stark, ugly▪The novel describes the harsh realities of racism and life on the road.
▪ complex▪ underlying▪He has no illusions about the underlying reality of army life.
▪ objective, practical▪the practical realities of running a children's home
▪ daily, day-to-day, everyday, mundane▪ external, material, physical▪Painters at the time were largely concerned with reproducing external reality.
▪ ultimate▪ commercial, economic, historical, political, psychological, social▪the harsh economic realities of life as a student
▪ virtual▪the use of virtual reality in computer games
▪ alternate (esp. AmE)▪The movie portrays a kind of alternate reality.
VERB + REALITY▪ become▪One day her dream will become a reality.
▪ make sth▪It's our task to make the proposals a reality.
▪ accept, acknowledge, confront (sb with), face (up to), get a grip on, grasp, perceive, recognize, understand, wake up to▪She will have to face reality sooner or later.
▪I don't think you have quite grasped the realities of our situation!
▪ capture, depict, reflect, represent▪a book that captures the reality of life during wartime
▪ construct, create▪The director creates a believable, gritty reality.
▪ bear little, no, etc. relation to, bear little, no, etc. resemblance to, have little to do with, not have much to do with▪Most people's ideas of the disease do not have much to do with the reality.
▪ be cut off from, be divorced from, be out of touch with, be removed from▪They are out of touch with the realities of modern warfare.
▪ escape from▪ deny, ignore▪ bring sb back to, come back to, get back to, return to▪He called for the committee to stop dreaming and return to reality.
▪ alter, distort, obscure▪Most comedy relies on distorting reality.
▪ protect sb from, shelter sb from, shield sb from▪Her parents always tried to shield her from the realities of the world.
REALITY + NOUN▪ check▪It's time for a reality check: are these goals really achievable?
▪ television, TVPREPOSITION▪ in reality▪The media portray her as happy and successful, but in reality she has a difficult life.
▪ reality of▪I don't think he understands the reality of the situation.
PHRASES▪ a grasp of reality, a grasp on reality▪He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.
▪ a perception of reality, a sense of reality
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
