real life
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Also see: life
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
real1 /riːl/
▶adjective
- 1 actually existing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed.
■ Philosophy relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished.
- 2 not artificial or made in imitation of something; genuine.
■ rightly so called; proper: he's my idea of a real man.
- 3 significant; serious: a real danger.
- 4 adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power.
- 5 Mathematics (of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.
- 6 Optics (of an image) such that the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.
– phrases
for real informal used to emphasize that something is genuine or serious.
for real informal used to emphasize that something is genuine or serious.
– derivatives
realness noun.
realness noun.
– origin ME (as a legal term meaning ‘relating to things, especially real property’): from Anglo-Norman Fr., from late L. realis, from L. res ‘thing’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
real2 /reɪˈɑːl/
▶noun
- 1 the basic monetary unit of Brazil since 1994, equal to 100 centavos.
- 2 a former coin and monetary unit of various Spanish-speaking countries.
– origin Sp. and Port., lit. ‘royal’ (adj. used as n.).
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