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realm - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'realm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Realm [ n.]
- A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.
- Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.

Meaning of 'realm' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . realm [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a domain in which something is dominant
Example in sentence:
  • a land of make-believe;
  • the rise of the realm of cotton in the south;
  • the untroubled kingdom of reason
Meaning (2):
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
Example in sentence:
  • here we enter the region of opinion;
  • it was a limited realm of discourse;
  • the realm of the occult