This shows grade level based on the word’virtual valentines day gifts complexity. You can take a virtual tour of the museum before your visit. I’ve started working out with a virtual personal trainer.

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS? Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift. Virtual is most generally used to describe something as being the same as something else in almost every way, except perhaps in name or some other minor, technical sense.

For example, describing a company as a virtual monopoly means it’s pretty much a monopoly but not technically one, perhaps because it has a few minor competitors. Virtual also commonly means simulated or extended by computer software. The word is used this way in virtual reality, which refers to a fully simulated environment. Sometimes, things described as virtual may not involve simulation at all, such as a virtual meeting or a virtual concert.