Definition of real Real
/ɹiˈl/ - [reel] - re•al
We found 44 definitions of real from 7 different sources.
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What does real mean?
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NounPlural: reals |
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| real - an old small silver Spanish coin | ||
| real - any rational or irrational number | ||
| real number | ||
| complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 | ||
| dot product, inner product, scalar product a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors | ||
| rational, rational number an integer or a fraction | ||
Adjectivereal, realer, realest |
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| real - 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!"- Longfellow | ||
| existent | ||
| unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" | ||
| concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees" | ||
| echt, genuine not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" | ||
| realistic aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" | ||
| sincere open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" | ||
| realness, reality, realism the quality possessed by something that is real | ||
| actual presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" | ||
| factual, actual of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations" | ||
| documentary, objective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents | ||
| real - capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" | ||
| tangible | ||
| concrete capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees" | ||
| real - no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "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" | ||
| unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" | ||
| proper appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" | ||
| real - not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" | ||
| serious requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw" | ||
| real - of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" | ||
| economic science, economics, political economy the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | ||
| real - (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" | ||
| real - having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare | ||
| substantial, material | ||
| material derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" | ||
| real - being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" | ||
| actual, genuine, literal | ||
| true accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" | ||
| real - coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson | ||
| veridical | ||
| realistic aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- real (Noun)
A commodity; see reality. - real (Noun)
One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages. - real (Noun)
A real number . - real (Noun)
A realist. - real (Noun)
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies. - real (Noun)
A coin worth one real. - real (Noun)
A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942. - real (Noun)
A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol. - real (Adverb)
really. - real (Adjective)
That can be characterized as a confirmation of truth. - real (Adjective)
That has physical existence. - real (Adjective)
Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with nominal. - real (Adjective)
Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models. - real (Adjective)
Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line. - real (Adjective)
Relating to immovable tangible property. - real (Adjective)
That is an exemplary or pungent instance of a class or type. - real (Adjective)
genuine, not faked or substituted. - real (Adjective)
Genuine, not artificial. - real (Adjective)
Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially in regards to enjoying life, prowess at sports and success wooing potential partners.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- real (n.)
A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system. - real (a.)
Royal; regal; kingly. - real (a.)
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. - real (a.)
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. - real (a.)
Relating to things, not to persons. - real (a.)
Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. - real (a.)
Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. - real (n.)
A realist.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Concurring with a given set of facts. -
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Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rē′al, adj. actually existing: not counterfeit or assumed: true: genuine: sincere: authentic: (law) pertaining to things fixed, as lands or houses.—adj. Rē′alisable, that may be realised.—n. Realisā′tion, act of realising or state of being realised: a realising sense or feeling.—v.t. Rē′alise, to make real: to bring into being or act: to accomplish: to convert into real property or money: to obtain, as a possession: to feel strongly: to comprehend completely: to bring home to one's own experience.—n. Rē′aliser, one who realises.—p.adj. Rē′alising, serving to make real or bring home to one as a reality: conversion of property into money.—ns. Rē′alism, the medieval doctrine that general terms stand for real existences—opp. to Nominalism: the doctrine that in external perception the objects immediately known are real existences: the tendency in art to accept and to represent things as they really are—opp. to Idealism—a method of representation without idealisation, raised by modern French writers into a system, claiming a monopoly of truth in its artistic treatment of the facts of nature and life; Rē′alist, one who holds the doctrine of realism: one who believes in the existence of the external world.—adj. Rēalist′ic, pertaining to the realists or to realism: life-like.—adv. Rēalist′ically.—n. Rēal′ity, that which is real and not imaginary: truth: verity: (law) the fixed, permanent nature of real property.—adv. Rē′ally, in reality: actually: in truth.—ns. Rē′alness, the condition of being real; Rē′alty, land, with houses, trees, minerals, &c. thereon: the ownership of, or property in, lands—also Real estate.—Real presence (see Presence); Real school, a modern German preparatory, scientific, or technical school—the highest grade being the Real gymnasium, or first-class modern school, as opp. to the gymnasium proper, or classical school. [Low L. realis—L. res, a thing.] -
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rē-al′, n. a Spanish coin, 100 of which=£1 sterling. [Sp.,—L. regalis, royal.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A silver coin of Spain, value 5d. sterling. One-eighth of a dollar.
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