Real : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Real	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Real \Re"al\, n. A realist. [Obs.] --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Real \Real"\, a. Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] [bd]The blood real* of Thebes.[b8] --Chaucer.
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.
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.
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)