reality check



reality check

An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality, as in Time for a reality check-wasn't this supposed to be a money-making enterprise? [Slang; second half of 1900s]
See also: check, reality

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Juro (2)joo:-ṙo:Japanese
Firuza-Azerbaijani, Tajik, Uzbek
Adrianaahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Haggith-Biblical
Beatus-Late Roman
Yaffa-Hebrew