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Real

adjective

1.

Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory. Synonym: existent. "Real people; not ghosts" , "A film based on real life" , "A real illness" , "Real humility" , "Life is real! Life is earnest!"

2.

No less than what is stated; worthy of the name. "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"

3.

Not to be taken lightly. "To the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"

4.

Capable of being treated as fact. Synonym: tangible. "His brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

5.

Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. Synonyms: actual, genuine, literal. "A literal solitude like a desert" , "A genuine dilemma"

6.

Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation. "Real income" , "Real wages"

7.

Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary. Synonyms: material, substantial. "A mere dream, neither substantial nor practical" , "Most ponderous and substantial things"

8.

(of property) fixed or immovable.

9.

Coinciding with reality. Synonym: veridical.

adverb

1.

Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal. Synonyms: rattling, really, very. "He played very well" , "A really enjoyable evening" , "I'm real sorry about it" , "A rattling good yarn"

noun

(pl. reals, reales)

1.

Any rational or irrational number. Synonym: real number.

2.

The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos.

3.

An old small silver Spanish coin.

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"Real" Quotes from Famous Books

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— Bull Hunter • Max Brand

... find, Charles," said Mrs. Sidney, "that school has not weakened those selfish feelings which have so often caused me pain. You seem to me to think that every trifling gift I bestow upon another is robbing you; and, worse than all, I find you constantly wresting phrases from their real meaning to answer your own purposes. Thus, I agree with you that people should not look upon common honesty as anything beyond a simple duty which they would be culpable not to perform. But I am as well ...

— The Young Lord and Other Tales - to which is added Victorine Durocher • Camilla Toulmin

... tip of Julian's tongue to answer, "Till Patsy is married." For indeed that had been his real thought. But he only said, "For a year or two, brother—it is better so—she runs the hills like a wild thing. Why, officers of his Majesty have boasted of having met and talked to her dressed only in yellow sandals and a blue ...

— Patsy • S. R. Crockett

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— The Magic of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... sufficient authority for this statement. If it rested only on Fordun or Wynton, I should deem their authority insufficient to establish as a fact what seems to me so improbable. Assuming the story to have had a foundation, might not the real Adamnan have been the priest and monk of the monastery of Coludi or Coldingham, of whom Bede has written? Coldingham, in his time, ...

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