real
real1 definition
real (rē′əl, rēl)
adjective
- existing or happening as or in fact; actual, true, etc.; not merely seeming, pretended, imagined, fictitious, nominal, or ostensible
- authentic; genuine
- not pretended; sincere
- designating wages or income as measured by purchasing power
- Law of or relating to permanent, immovable things real property
- Math. designating or of the part of a complex number that is not imaginary: all irrational and rational numbers are real numbers
- Optics of or relating to an image made by the actual meeting of light rays at a point
- Philos. existing objectively; actual (not merely possible or ideal), or essential, absolute, ultimate (not relative, derivative, etc.)
Etymology: OFr < ML realis < L res, thing < IE base *rei-, property, thing > Sans rai, wealth, property
noun
anything that actually exists, or reality in general: with the
adverb
Informal very
real Idioms
for real
Slang real or really
real2 definition
real (rē′əl; Spre äl′)
real3 definition
real (re äl′)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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