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Definition of Real

1. Noun. Any rational or irrational number.

2. Adjective. Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory. "Life is real! Life is earnest!"

3. Adverb. Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal. "A rattling good yarn"

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

5. Adjective. No less than what is stated; worthy of the name. "It's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"

6. Noun. An old small silver Spanish coin.

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

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

9. Adjective. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. "A genuine dilemma"

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

11. Adjective. Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary. "Most ponderous and substantial things"

12. Adjective. (of property) fixed or immovable. "Real property consists of land and buildings"

13. Adjective. Coinciding with reality. "Perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"

Definition of Real

1. n. A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

2. a. Royal; regal; kingly.

3. a. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.

4. n. A realist.

Definition of Real

1. having actual existence [adj REALER, REALEST] / a former monetary unit of Spain [n -S or -ES] / a former monetary unit of Portugal and Brazil [n REIS]

Medical Definition of Real

1. Royal; regal; kingly. "The blood real of Thebes." 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. "Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed." (Milton) 2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. "Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity." (Milton) 5. Relating to things, not to persons. "Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business." (Bacon) 4. Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 5. Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. Chattels real, a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Synonym: Actual, true, genuine, authentic. Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. "For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault." (Dryden) "Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things." (Locke) Origin: LL. Realis, fr. L. Res, rei, a thing: cf. F. Reel. Cf. Rebus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Real

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real-time processing real-time ultrasonography realer reales realest realgar realgar realgars realia realign

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