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US
/ˈɹiɫ/
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ADJECTIVE
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being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
real objects
real people; not ghosts
a film based on real life
a real illness
real humility
Life is real! Life is earnest! -
capable of being treated as fact
tangible evidence
his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor -
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
her actual motive
a genuine dilemma
a literal solitude like a desert -
(of property) fixed or immovable
real property consists of land and buildings -
no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
a real woman
it's time he had a real job
it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
a real friend
the real reason
meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal
real war -
coinciding with reality
perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception -
of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
real income
real prices
real wages -
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against
a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical
the substantial world -
not to be taken lightly
to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems
NOUN
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- an old small silver Spanish coin
- any rational or irrational number
ADVERB
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used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
he played very well
I'm real sorry about it
a really enjoyable evening
she was very gifted
a rattling good yarn
How To Use real In A Sentence
- Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
- Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
- An imprimatur is not guarantee of theological soundness, in reality. Dr. Janet Smith replies to Dr. Schindler, defends Christopher West
- He called the foiled butt "Really juicy and nearly perfect. Physicist Cracks BBQ Mystery
- This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
- Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
- A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
- Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality. The Lovecraft News Network
- Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance. Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ?
- But yes, good of Prof. Adler, who I hope will be a little chary of Althousian pseudoreality in future. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School