real world
- noun
- /riːəl wɜːrld/
- Real world experience is invaluable when starting a new job.
- real-world experience
- real-world problems
- a real-world situation
Well, they model things in the real world mainly.
- Well, they model things in the real world mainly.
- Yeah, discovering the real world as it is?
- Are you going to accept the real world or not?
- But that's not the real world kids at all.
- This is not the traditional real world or traditional real job.
- But in the real world, things are actually happening.
- That's it starts affecting the real world in big ways.
- So it can be competitive in the real world or even in school.
- So if if you could simulate the the real world, then deep real.
- It's it's it's the real world feels secondary.
Examples
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You know, when you get into the real world, it's different than school.
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No, no, Anna, you need to join the real world.
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This is the real world that we live in.
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And then I just discovered the real world a little later.
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Are you going to accept the real world or not?
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Okay, well, in the real world, things are a little bit different.
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We have a real world situation here.
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Instead of teaching math, you should teach real world skills, teach job skills.
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It's not a YouTube video, it's a real world life experience.
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Look, I live in the real world, where everything doesn't always work out the way it should.
Synonyms
How someone sees or understands the world because of their life and experience
The everyday world people live in outside books or theory
Antonyms
How Practical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the world of practical experience' is directly and compositionally derived from 'real' (genuine, actual) + 'world' (the realm of affairs), and the contrast with theoretical contexts follows a straightforward modifier+noun pattern. This construction is common across many languages (e.g. Spanish 'mundo real', French 'monde réel', Japanese '現実世界'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun real world comes from the difference between real and world, so imagine leaving a classroom and stepping into busy streets, jobs and bills. That's why it means 'the world of practical experience and everyday affairs'.