Real
adjective
Actually existing as a thing, not imagined or pretended.
Your fear for spiders is real.
Often appears as...
- real world
- real life
adjective
Genuine, not counterfeit or fake.
Is this a real Gucci bag?
Often appears as...
- real deal
- real gold
adjective
Not artificial, natural.
They prefer real flowers to artificial ones.
Often appears as...
- real food
- real wood
adjective
Serious, significant.
We have a real problem to solve.
Often appears as...
- real issue
- real change
adverb
Very, extremely.
I'm real sorry for what happened.
Often appears as...
- real good
- real quickly
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A detail or quality that exists as a part of someone's actual life rather than their imagined or idealized life.
You need to face the reals of life.
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Actually existing as a thing, not imagined or pretended.
Your fear for spiders is real.
Often appears as...
- real world
- real life
adjective
Genuine, not counterfeit or fake.
Is this a real Gucci bag?
Often appears as...
- real deal
- real gold
adjective
Not artificial, natural.
They prefer real flowers to artificial ones.
Often appears as...
- real food
- real wood
adjective
Serious, significant.
We have a real problem to solve.
Often appears as...
- real issue
- real change
adverb
Very, extremely.
I'm real sorry for what happened.
Often appears as...
- real good
- real quickly
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A detail or quality that exists as a part of someone's actual life rather than their imagined or idealized life.
You need to face the reals of life.
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Concrete Existence
Use 'real' to stress that something physically exists and isn't an illusion or fantasy.
Ghosts are not real like tables or trees.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Validity
Emphasize that emotions or experiences are valid since they have tangible effects.
Her joy at winning was as real as it gets.
Pro Tip 1/2Concrete Existence
Use 'real' to stress that something physically exists and isn't an illusion or fantasy.
Ghosts are not real like tables or trees.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Validity
Emphasize that emotions or experiences are valid since they have tangible effects.
Her joy at winning was as real as it gets.
Pro Tip 1/2Concrete Existence
Use 'real' to stress that something physically exists and isn't an illusion or fantasy.
Ghosts are not real like tables or trees.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Validity
Emphasize that emotions or experiences are valid since they have tangible effects.
Her joy at winning was as real as it gets.
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Why don't perpetual...
but in reality, they invariably turn out to be drawing energy from some external source. Even if engineers could somehow design a machine that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics
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The language of lying —...
are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns
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How playing an...
in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real time with instruments like fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed.
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
literally out of the water. That was just unreal and I wasn't up there for too long before 'Poof' I was right back down underwater again. He was getting frustrated. He was and so at that point, I think he said, OK, fine, I'm just going to put you on my face.
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The five major world...
insight, peace, and steadfastness. From the time he got up from under that tree to the moment of his death as an old man, the Buddha taught people how to become right speech, right goals, a mind focused on what is real, and a heart focused on loving others.
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What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
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Are China and the US...
unilaterally seek to change the rules of the global order. So apart from all of that, it's just fine and dandy, the U.S.-China relationship. No real problems there. The challenge, though, is given those deep-rooted feelings,
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Questions No One Knows...
and that they outlive their creators. Maybe biological life is just a passing phase. Well, within the next 15 years, we could start seeing real spectroscopic information from promising nearby planets
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Wolf Pack Takes on a...
At first glance, the Arctic feels brutally devoid of life, though a select group of animals have figured out a way to thrive. But the real force here works quietly underfoot.
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“Boom Boom”, “Life is...
life is real yeah
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Why don't perpetual...
but in reality, they invariably turn out to be drawing energy from some external source. Even if engineers could somehow design a machine that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics
Video examples
The language of lying —...
are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns
Video examples
How playing an...
in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real time with instruments like fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed.
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
literally out of the water. That was just unreal and I wasn't up there for too long before 'Poof' I was right back down underwater again. He was getting frustrated. He was and so at that point, I think he said, OK, fine, I'm just going to put you on my face.
Video examples
The five major world...
insight, peace, and steadfastness. From the time he got up from under that tree to the moment of his death as an old man, the Buddha taught people how to become right speech, right goals, a mind focused on what is real, and a heart focused on loving others.
Video examples
What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
Video examples
Are China and the US...
unilaterally seek to change the rules of the global order. So apart from all of that, it's just fine and dandy, the U.S.-China relationship. No real problems there. The challenge, though, is given those deep-rooted feelings,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
and that they outlive their creators. Maybe biological life is just a passing phase. Well, within the next 15 years, we could start seeing real spectroscopic information from promising nearby planets
Video examples
Wolf Pack Takes on a...
At first glance, the Arctic feels brutally devoid of life, though a select group of animals have figured out a way to thrive. But the real force here works quietly underfoot.
Video examples
“Boom Boom”, “Life is...
life is real yeah
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Quote examples
Jim Morrison
American Singer
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I always talk about my characters like they're real people.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I always talk about my characters like they're real people.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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