Virtual is best defined as...

• A. Not existing in the real, physical world
• B. Created by a computer or the internet
• C. Nearly (the thing mentioned)
• D. Imaginary

Answer: (A)

Virtual describes something that exists in effect or in a digital, simulated form rather than in the tangible, physical world. That sense fits best with not existing in the real, physical world—something may feel real or be interactive, but it isn’t physically present to touch. For example, a virtual tour lets you look around a place as if you were there, yet you aren’t standing in a physical room. While many virtual things are created by computers or online platforms, the defining idea is their lack of physical presence, not the method used to create them. Imaginary implies something not real, which is not always true of virtual things that can function and be experienced as real in a digital space. The other ideas don’t capture the essential meaning as precisely.