actualities
Things that exist
Actualities are things that are real or actually exist, as opposed to possibilities or theories.
The word often contrasts what is with what might be: The actualities of war differ from romantic notions of glory.
In journalism and broadcasting, actualities are recordings of real events or interviews—raw audio capturing what actually happened rather than a studio re-creation.
State of being real
- beingExisting as something
- truthAccordance with reality
- substancePhysical material with mass
- tangibilityQuality of being touchable
concreteness · materiality · factuality · certainty · authenticity · genuineness · objectivity · verity
Events that happen
- happeningsThings that take place
- incidentsDistinct notable events
- situationsSets of conditions
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
developments · proceedings · episodes · phenomena · goings-on · affairs · matters · experiences
Facts for analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- informationKnowledge about something
- detailsSpecific pieces of information
specifics · records · findings · documentation · reports · measurements · figures · particulars
Reports of recent events
- reportingConveying documented information
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- footageRecorded video material
- documentaryFactual film about reality
current affairs · newsreel · broadcast · field report · live coverage · real-time · eyewitness · firsthand account
existence
State of being real
tangibility · concreteness · materiality · factuality · certainty · authenticity · genuineness · objectivity · verity · realness
occurrences
Events that happen
- happeningsThings that take place
- incidentsDistinct notable events
- situationsSets of conditions
circumstances · developments · proceedings · episodes · phenomena · goings-on · affairs · matters · experiences · realities
data
Facts for analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- informationKnowledge about something
details · specifics · records · findings · documentation · reports · measurements · figures · particulars · givens
news
Reports of recent events
documentary · current affairs · newsreel · broadcast · field report · live coverage · real-time · eyewitness · firsthand account
- existentsentities, beings, things, particulars, objects
actualitiesfantasies
Imagined scenarios, often pleasurable
fictions · illusions · unrealities · delusions · fabrications
actualitieshypotheticals
Imagined possible situations
potentialities · possibilities · abstractions · conjectures · speculations
actual, actually, actuality, actualize, actualization, actualized, actualizing