1.  real(n = noun.quantity) real number - any rational or irrational number;
is a kind of complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number
has particulars: dot product, inner product, scalar product, rational, rational number, irrational, irrational number

2.  real(n = noun.quantity) - the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos;
is a kind of brazilian monetary unit
has parts: centavo

3.  real(n = noun.possession) - an old small silver Spanish coin;
is a kind of coin

   real(r = adv.all) rattling, really, very - 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"

1.  real(a = adj.all) existent - 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!"
Antonym: unreal
Derived forms noun reality₂, noun reality₃, noun realness₁

2.  real(a = adj.all) - 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: unreal

3.  real(s = adj.all) - 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"
Derived forms noun reality₂, noun reality₃

4.  real(s = adj.all) tangible - capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
Derived form noun reality₃

5.  real(s = adj.all) actual, genuine, literal - being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"; "a genuine dilemma"
Derived forms noun reality₂, noun reality₃, noun realness₁

6.  real(a = adj.all) - of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
Antonym: nominal

7.  real(a = adj.all) material, substantial - 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"
Derived form noun reality₄

8.  real(s = adj.all) - (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings"

9.  real(s = adj.all) veridical - coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"
Derived forms noun reality₂, noun realness₁

   A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system. [1913 Webster]
" A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 12real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2" [1913 Webster]

   Royal; regal; kingly. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

1.  Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster]
"Whereat I waked, and found
Before mine eyes all real, as the dream
Had lively shadowed." [1913 Webster]

2.  True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. [1913 Webster]
"Whose perfection far excelled
Hers in all real dignity." [1913 Webster]

3.  Relating to things, not to persons. [1913 Webster]
"Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business." [1913 Webster]

4.  Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. [1913 Webster]

5.  Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. [1913 Webster]
"For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
Contracts the danger of an actual fault." [1913 Webster]
"Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things." [1913 Webster]

   A realist. Burton. [1913 Webster]

real, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact.
2 genuine; rightly so called; not artificial or merely apparent.
3 Law consisting of or relating to immovable property such as land or houses (real estate) (cf. personal property).
4 appraised by purchasing power; adjusted for changes in the value of money (real value; income in real terms).
5 Philos. having an absolute and necessary and not merely contingent existence.
6 Math. (of a quantity) having no imaginary part (see IMAGINARY 2).
7 Optics (of an image etc.) such that light actually passes through it.
--adv. Sc. & US colloq. really, very.

Idiom:
for real colloq. as a serious or actual concern; in earnest. real ale beer regarded as brewed in a traditional way, with secondary fermentation in the cask. real life that lived by actual people, as distinct from fiction, drama, etc. real live (attrib.) often joc. actual; not pretended or simulated (a real live burglar). the real McCoy see MCCOY. real money current coin or notes; cash. real tennis the original form of tennis played on an indoor court. the real thing (of an object or emotion) genuine, not inferior. real time the actual time during which a process or event occurs. real-time (attrib.) Computing (of a system) in which the response time is of the order of milliseconds, e.g. in an airline booking system.

Derivative:
realness n.

real, n. hist. a former coin and monetary unit of various Spanish-speaking countries.

Etymology:
Sp., noun use of real (adj.) (as ROYAL)

N  existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.

N  number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent, numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible, numerically, modulo.

N  truth, fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth, verity, gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth, orthodoxy, authenticity, veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy, rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule, nicety, orthology, ipsissima verba, realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an illusion, real Simon Pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the trut, just the thing, real, actual, veritable, true, right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true, true to the letter, true as gospel, unimpeachable, veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined, realistic, exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe, close, literal, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant, unerring, curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine, clean-cut, clear-cut, verified, empirically true, experimentally verified, substantiated, proven (demonstrated), rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official, ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling, unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka, well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial, tangible, valid, undistorted, undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering, truly, verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim, verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking, the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, crazy people and children tell the truth, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, just the facts, ma'am, just the facts.

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