ALL meanings of reality check
re·al·i·ty check
R r - noun Technical meaning of reality check (testing) The simplest kind of functional test of software or hardware; doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if it says four. The software equivalent of a smoke test. A reality check may include letting a real user try out prototype software. A sanity check is even more basic, the equivalent of checking that the above addition was implemented with an addition operator rather than subtraction. 1
- noun reality check sth that disabuses sb of unrealistic ideas 1
- noun reality check a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like. 1
- countable noun reality check If you say that something is a reality check for someone, you mean that it makes them recognize the truth about a situation, especially about the difficulties involved in something they want to achieve. 0
- noun reality check an occasion or opportunity to consider a matter realistically or honestly 0
- noun reality check an instance of confronting or acknowledging the facts about something and thus dispelling unrealistic notions 0