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   real

   /rɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed: "Julius Caesar was a real person" Similar actualexistentnon-fictionalnon-fictitiousfactualhistoricalmaterialphysicaltangibleconcretepalpablecorporealsubstantialrare:unimaginaryveridicalOpposite unrealimaginary
   • ▪ used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation: "there is a real danger of civil war"
   • ▪ relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished: "Locke's distinction between the real and nominal essence of substances"
   • 2. (of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine: "the earring was presumably real gold" Similar genuineauthenticbona fideinformal:honest-to-goodnessyour actualkosherpukkasinceregenuinetrueunfeignedunpretendedheartfeltfrom the heartunaffectedearnestwholeheartedferventhonesttruthfulOpposite imitationfakefalse
   • ▪ true or actual: "his real name is James" Similar trueactual
   • ▪ rightly so called; proper: "he's my idea of a real man" Similar propertruerightly so calledinformal:regulararchaic:very
   • 3. complete; utter (used for emphasis): informal "the tour turned out to be a real disaster" Similar completeutterthoroughabsolutetotalprizeperfectveritableinformal:rightproperfairarchaic:arrant
   • 4. adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power: "real incomes had fallen by 30 per cent"
   • 5. (of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.
   • 6. (of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.

   adverb

   • 1. really; very: informal North American "my head hurts real bad"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term meaning ‘relating to things, especially real property’): from Anglo-Norman French, from late Latin realis, from Latin res ‘thing’.

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   What is the meaning of real?

   • The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. n. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

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   What is a real person?

   • 1. a. Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence: real objects; a real illness. b. True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal: real people, not ghosts; a film based on real life. c. Of or founded on practical matters and concerns: a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time. 2.

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   Are all real definitions true?

   • We can then say that all real definitions are true, and all false definitions are nominal definitions.

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   What does real mean in a sentence?

   • The adjective real meaning “true, actual, genuine, etc.,” is standard in all types of speech and writing: Their real reasons for objecting became clear in the discussion. The informal adjective sense “absolute, complete” is largely limited to speech or representations of speech: These interruptions are a real bother.

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   emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation. historical. having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary. objectivist, objectivistic, realistic.

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