1. true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
2. existing or occurring as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious: a story taken from real life.
3. being an actual thing; having objective existence; not imaginary: The events you will see in the film are real and not just made up.
4. being actually such; not merely so-called: a real victory.
5. genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; authentic: a real antique;a real diamond;real silk.
6. unfeigned or sincere: real sympathy;a real friend.
7. absolute; complete; utter: She's a real brain.
8. Philosophy.
• existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent.
• actual as opposed to possible or potential.
• independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent.
9. (of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value: Inflation has driven income down in real terms, though nominal income appears to be higher.
10. (of an image) formed by the actual convergence of rays, as the image produced in a camera (opposed to virtual).
11. Mathematics.
• of, relating to, or having the value of a real number.
• using real numbers: real analysis; real vector space.

12. very or extremely: You did a real nice job painting the house.

13. real number.
14. the real,
• something that actually exists, as a particular quantity.
• reality in general.

15. for real, Informal.
• in reality; actually: You mean she dyed her hair green for real?
• true to fact; actual: The company's plans to relocate are for real.
• genuine; sincere: I don't believe his friendly attitude is for real.

1. a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, the eighth part of a peso.

1. singular of reis.

1. existing or occurring in the physical world; not imaginary, fictitious, or theoretical; actual
2. true; actual; not false
3. deserving the name; rightly so called
4. not artificial or simulated; genuine
5. (of food, etc) traditionally made and having a distinct flavour
6. existent or relating to actual existence (as opposed to nonexistent, potential, contingent, or apparent)
7. (of prices, incomes, wages, etc) considered in terms of purchasing power rather than nominal currency value
8. denoting or relating to immovable property such as land and tenements
9. physics Compare image (def. 2)
10. involving or containing real numbers alone; having no imaginary part
11. music
• (of the answer in a fugue) preserving the intervals as they appear in the subject
• denoting a fugue as having such an answer
12. (intensifier)
13. the genuine article, not an inferior or mistaken substitute

14. short for real number
15. that which exists in fact; reality
16. not as a test or trial; in earnest

1. a former small Spanish or Spanish-American silver coin

1. the standard monetary unit of Brazil, divided into 100 centavos
2. a former coin of Portugal

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