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adjective- 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"
actual genuine literal real
- 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
real existent
- 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
substantial real material
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
"real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
real
- 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"
real
- capable of being treated as fact
"tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
real tangible
- 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"
real
- (of property) fixed or immovable
"real property consists of land and buildings"
real
- coinciding with reality
"perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
veridical real
adverb- 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"
very really real rattling very really real rattling
noun- an old small silver Spanish coin
real
- any rational or irrational number
real number real
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
real
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