Definitions for real



Overview of noun real

The noun real has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. real number, real

(any rational or irrational number)

2. real

(the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos)

3. real

(an old small silver Spanish coin)


Overview of adj real

The adj real has 9 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (54) real, existent

(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)

2. (14) 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

3. (4) 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")

4. (3) real, tangible

(capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor")

5. (1) actual, genuine, literal, 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")

6. real

(of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages")

7. substantial, real, material

(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)

8. real

((of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings")

9. veridical, real

(coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson)


Overview of adv real

The adv real has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) very, really, real, rattling

(used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn")

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