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1. | [ adjective ] being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory | |
Synonyms: | existent | |
Examples: | "real objects" "real people not ghosts" "a film based on real life" "a real illness" "real humility" "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow |
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Related terms: | unreal actual historical actual realistic concrete genuine sincere reality | |
2. | [ adjective ] no less than what is stated; worthy of the name | |
Examples: | "the real reason" "real war" "a real friend" "a real woman" "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal" "it's time he had a real job" "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
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Related terms: | unreal true proper | |
3. | [ adverb ] intensifiers | |
Synonyms: | very rattling really | |
Examples: | "she was very gifted" "he played very well" "a really enjoyable evening" (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it" `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn") |
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4. | [ adjective ] not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin | |
Synonyms: | true | |
Examples: | "real mink" "true gold" |
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Related terms: | genuine | |
5. | [ adjective ] not to be taken lightly | |
Examples: | "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems" "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" |
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Related terms: | serious | |
6. | [ adjective ] possible to be treated as fact | |
Synonyms: | tangible | |
Examples: | "tangible evidence" "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" |
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Related terms: | concrete | |
7. | [ adjective ] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | |
Synonyms: | literal actual genuine | |
Examples: | "her actual motive" "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton "a genuine dilemma" |
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Related terms: | true | |
8. | [ adjective ] (economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing power | |
Examples: | "real prices" "real income" "real wages" |
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Related terms: | nominal economics | |
9. | [ adjective ] founded on practical matters | |
Examples: | "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time" |
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Related terms: | realistic | |
10. | [ adjective ] having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary | |
Synonyms: | material substantial | |
Examples: | "the substantial world" "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical" "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare |
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Related terms: | insubstantial material substantiality | |
11. | [ adjective ] coinciding with reality | |
Synonyms: | veridical | |
Examples: | "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson |
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Related terms: | realistic | |
12. | [ noun ] (mathematics) any rational or irrational number | |
Synonyms: | real_number | |
Related terms: | complex_number irrational_number rational_number scalar_product | |
13. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6342 | |
14. | [ adjective ] (of property) fixed or immovable | |
Examples: | "real property consists of land and buildings real estate" |
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Related terms: | tangible | |
15. | [ noun ] an old small silver Spanish coin | |
Related terms: | coin | |
Similar spelling: |
Reali Reale really rely Reel relay Reily Relyea Reilly Reiley reheel Reilley |