Meaning & Definition of Real in English

1. Any rational or irrational number

2. The basic unit of money in brazil

• Equal to 100 centavos

3. An old small silver spanish coin

1. 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

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. Capable of being treated as fact

• "Tangible evidence"

• "His brief time as prime minister brought few real benefits to the poor"

5. 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"

6. Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation

• "Real prices"

• "Real income"

• "Real wages"

7. 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

8. (of property) fixed or immovable

• "Real property consists of land and buildings"

9. Coinciding with reality

• "Perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- f.a.olafson

1. 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"