virtual

Plural

virtuals

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.

   • In fact a defeat on the battlefield, Tet was a virtual victory for the North, owing to its effect on public opinion.
   • Virtual addressing allows computer applications to believe that there is much more physical memory than actually exists.
   • VIRTUAL is opposed to actual., […] A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence. The statue exists virtually in the brass or iron, the oak in the acorn.

2. 2.For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.

   • The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.

3. 3.Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.

4. 4.Simulated in a computer and/or online.

   • The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.

2. 2.A virtual (adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.

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General reading & writing

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Word family

• virtually
• virtue