real
adverb
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used as intensifiers“`real' is sometimes used informally for `really'”very
adjective
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capable of being treated as facttangible
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having substance or capable of being treated as factsubstantialmaterial
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being or occurring in fact or actualityexistent
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of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation“real prices”
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coinciding with reality
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not to be taken lightly“statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems”
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(of property) fixed or immovable“real property consists of land and buildings”
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being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of somethingactualliteralgenuine
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no less than what is stated
noun
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an old small silver Spanish coin
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the basic unit of money in Brazil
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any rational or irrational numberreal number