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Meaning of 'real' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Real [ a.]
- Royal; regal; kingly.
- Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
- True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
- Relating to things, not to persons.
- Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
- Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.
2 . Real [ n.]
- A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
- A realist.

Meaning of 'real' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . real [ a]
Meaning (1):
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
Example in sentence:
  • a film based on real life;
  • a real illness;
  • Life is real! Life is earnest!;
  • real humility;
  • real objects;
  • real people; not ghosts
Meaning (2):
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
Example in sentence:
  • a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical;
  • the substantial world;
  • The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against
Meaning (3):
- no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
Example in sentence:
  • a real friend;
  • a real woman;
  • it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money;
  • it's time he had a real job;
  • meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal;
  • real war;
  • the real reason
Meaning (4):
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
Example in sentence:
  • real income;
  • real prices;
  • real wages
5 . real [ r]
Meaning (5):
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
Example in sentence:
  • a rattling good yarn;
  • a really enjoyable evening;
  • he played very well;
  • I'm real sorry about it;
  • she was very gifted
6 . real [ s]
Meaning (6):
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Example in sentence:
  • a genuine dilemma;
  • a literal solitude like a desert;
  • her actual motive
Meaning (7):
- capable of being treated as fact
Example in sentence:
  • his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor;
  • tangible evidence
Meaning (8):
- coinciding with reality
Example in sentence:
  • perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception
Meaning (9):
- (of property) fixed or immovable
Example in sentence:
  • real property consists of land and buildings
Meaning (10):
- not to be taken lightly
Example in sentence:
  • statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems;
  • to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real

Nearby Words:

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