In reality

Definition

reality /ri'ælǝti/ n ၁။ [U] သဘာဝက်ျခင္း။ the lifelike reality of his paintings. ၂။ [U] လက္ေတြ႕ဘဝ။ escape from the reality of everyday existence ❍ face (up to) (ie accept) reality ❍ bring sb back to reality (ie make them think about the situation as it is, not as they would like it to be). ၃။ [C often pl ] မ်က္ျမင္ဒိ႒ျဖစ္ျခင္း။ ဒိ႒ျဖစ္ရပ္။ နဖူးေတြ႕ ဒူးေတြ႕။ မ်က္ျမင္ကိုယ္ေတြ႕။ the harsh realities of poverty/unemployment ❍ He cannot grasp the realities of the situation. ❍ The dream/idea will soon become a reality (ie exist in fact, not just in sb's mind). ❏ in reality [ IDM ] အမွန္အားျဖင့္။ တကယ္တမ္းေတာ့။ The house looks very old, but in reality it was built only 40 years ago. See also VIRTUAL REALITY

Examples

1. He is no longer able to differentiate between fantasy and reality.
2. A distorted sense of reality
3. [face (up to)/accept reality] : What she had to do
4. finally
5. was face reality.
6. [bear no relation to reality] : Her version of events bore absolutely no relation to reality.
7. [lose touch with reality] : This is a man who has lost touch with reality.
8. [reality of] : The grim realities of war
9. [become a reality] : After years of hard work
10. his dream has become a reality.
11. [out of touch with the reality/realities of something] : Our politicians are completely out of touch with the realities of the situation.