real
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1.0
- adjective
- /riːəl/
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real
- She finally found a real friend who supports her no matter what.
- real-world
- real life
- real-time
So I've had, I've had one real job in my life.
- So I've had, I've had one real job in my life.
- They care about real facts, real science and real risks.
- So her compassion was real, her love was real.
- Everyone talks about it as if it's real and it's not.
- I mean, you know, there are real risks on on all this.
- Both of you make most real Americans vomit.
- You know, that we're real, but not substantial.
- You know, acting is it's still real in the moment, right?
- It's, it's that's real power, that's real freedom, that's real love.
- It's clearly not the real name of this priest.
- And this is going to be the real test, OK?
- And then Seneca says, you know, real joy is.
- The separation of then and now was real, each epoch real.
Examples
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Maybe now we know the real reason.
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I mean dreams that feel so real, like they actually happened.
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The knowledge that it's real seems to matter to us.
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And it's a nice place, a real nice place.
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Yeah, it's a real place.
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Everyone talks about it as if it's real and it's not.
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I believe that work is, in a real sense, a form of prayer.
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So her compassion was real, her love was real.
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Now here we have a real class divide.
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Bringing up children in a disadvantaged neighborhood is a real struggle for many families.
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Synonyms
∞
1.4
Real and existing in fact, not imagined or expected
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3.8
Something that is real and trustworthy, not a fake
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2.0
Real and not fake, for example about art or goods
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A joking phrase that shows old ideas about how men should act
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
The time when you get information at once, for example stock prices or a heart rate
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3.3
Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
- Specialized
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3.9
A company that owns buildings or land that make money and sells shares to investors
- Formal
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9.9
The belief that the bread and wine used in a church service really become Christ's body and blood
- Specialized
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6.3
Total value of a country's goods and services using prices that ignore inflation
- Texting
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4.2
A business that buys, sells, or manages virtual land inside online games
- Specialized
Total value of goods and services a country makes measured with prices kept the same over time
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
- Slang
A person who feels very close to a character from a book or show and often acts like them
- Formal
A type of socialism that focuses on practical goals used in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
- Specialized
Working with data fast enough to keep up with another action without delay
How Real
Surface Forms
Etymology
Real comes from the Latin word res meaning 'thing', so a 'real' thing is something that actually exists; this helps you remember that real means genuine or not imagined.