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re•al

[[t]ˈri əl, ril[/t]] adj.

1) true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent:

the real reason for an act[/ex]

2) actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious:

real events; a story taken from real life[/ex]

3) being actually such; not merely so-called:

a real victory[/ex]

4) genuine; authentic:

real pearls[/ex]

5) unfeigned or sincere:

real sympathy[/ex]

6) inf Informal. absolute; complete; utter:

She's a real brain[/ex]

7) pho Philos.

a) existent as opposed to nonexistent

b) actual as opposed to possible or potential

c) independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent

8) (of wages, income, or money) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value

9) opt noting an optical image formed by the actual convergence of rays, as the image produced in a camera

(opposed to virtual 2), a))

10) law Law. of or pertaining to immovable or permanent things, as lands or buildings

11) math. Math.

a) of, pertaining to, or having the value of a real number

b) using real numbers:

real analysis; real vector space[/ex]

12) inf Informal. very or extremely:

You did a real nice job[/ex]

13) math.

real number

14) the real

a) something that actually exists

b) reality in general

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Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < LL reālis= L re-, var. s. of rēs thing +-ālis -al I re′al•ness, n. II

re•al

[[t]reɪˈɑl[/t]] sp. [[t]rɛˈɑl[/t]] n. pl. re•als [[t]reɪˈɑlz[/t]] Sp. re•a•les [[t]rɛˈɑ lɛs[/t]]

num a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to? of a peso

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Etymology: 1605–15; < Sp: royal < L rēgālis regal III

re•al

[[t]reɪˈɑl[/t]] n.

num

sing. of reis