🇬🇧 Reality meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Reality is what is actually happening around you, even if you don’t like it or didn’t expect it. It’s the real world, not a dream, not pretend, and not just in your imagination. For example, in your dream you might fly like a superhero, but in reality you have to use stairs, elevators, or your own two feet.

I planned to wake up early and exercise, but reality hit the snooze button five times.

In my imagination I’m super brave; in reality I still run from a spider the size of a raisin.

My hairstyle looked amazing in the mirror, but reality said, “There’s a bird’s nest on your head.”

I imagined a quick shower, but reality turned it into a 20‑minute concert with terrible singing.

In movies, spaceships whoosh and explode loudly, but in reality space is almost silent because sound needs air to travel.

She paints a warm beach and calls that her reality. She dreams her reality is sun and sand. She opens the door and rain hits her face, a hard reality. Wet shoes show the real reality. She laughs, changes paint, and makes a new reality that fits the rain and smiles.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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