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English Dictionary: Real |
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7 results for Real |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- real
- adv
- 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"
Synonym(s): very, really, real, rattling
- adj
- 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
Synonym(s): real, existent Antonym(s): unreal
- 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"
Antonym(s): unreal
- 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"
- capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
Synonym(s): real, tangible
- 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"
Synonym(s): actual, genuine, literal, real
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
Antonym(s): nominal
- 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
Synonym(s): substantial, real, material Antonym(s): insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial
- (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings"
- coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
Synonym(s): veridical, real
- n
- any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- an old small silver Spanish coin
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Real \Re"al\, n. [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See {Regal},
and cf. {Ree} a coin.]
A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of
account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Note: A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the
time of its coinage, from 12[frac12] down to 10 cents,
or from 6[frac12] to 5 pence sterling. The real vellon,
or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or
2[frac12] pence sterling. In 1871 the coinage of Spain
was assimilated to that of the Latin Union, of which
the franc is the unit.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Real \Re"al\, n.
A realist. [Obs.] --Burton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Real \Re*al"\, a.
Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] [bd]The blood real of
Thebes.[b8] --Chaucer.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Real \Re"al\, a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F.
r[82]el. Cf. {Rebus}.]
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.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: |
real adj. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to
{virtual} in any of its jargon senses.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
real
1. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to
{virtual} in any of its jargon senses.
2. {real number}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1997-03-12)
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