actuality

actuality

English

Etymology

actual +‎ -ity

Noun

actuality (countable and uncountable, plural actualities)

1. The state of existing; existence.
2. The quality of being actual or factual; fact.
3. (historical, film) A short early motion picture.
   • (Can we date this quote?) “The Variety Stage collection”, in Selected Materials from the Library of Congress‎:

     By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.

Translations

the state of existing

Finnish: olemassaolo (fi) Portuguese: existência (pt) f

Spanish: realidad (es) f Turkish: gerçeklik (tr)

the quality of being actual or factual

Dutch: werkelijkheid (nl), realiteit (nl), feit (nl) Finnish: aktuaalisuus (fi), tosiasiallisuus

Portuguese: realidade (pt) f Romanian: actualitate (ro) f