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adjectivebeing or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
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"a really enjoyable evening" "I'm real sorry about it"adverbused as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
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"his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"adjectivecapable of being treated as fact
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adjectivehaving substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
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nounany rational or irrational number
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"real objects" "real people; not ghosts" "a film based on real life" "a real illness" "real humility" "Life is real! Life is earnest!"adjectivebeing or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
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adjectivecoinciding with reality
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nounan old small silver Spanish cointype of:
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"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"adjectiveno less than what is stated; worthy of the nameOpposite:
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"statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems" "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"adjectivenot to be taken lightly
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"real property consists of land and buildings"adjective(of property) fixed or immovable
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"real prices" "real income" "real wages"adjectiveof, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflationOpposite:
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nounthe basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavostype of:
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- "centavo"