Definition: real
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
real
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: existent] [ant: unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman";
"meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time
he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making
real money" [syn: real] [ant: unreal]
3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal]
4: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real
mink"; "true gold" [syn: true]
5: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that
poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the
man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
6: possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
the poor" [syn: tangible]
7: (economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing
power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal]
8: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and
substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, material]
[ant: insubstantial]
9: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings; real estate"
10: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a
surprising resemblance to veridical perception"-
F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical]
11: founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate
experiencing the real world for the first time"
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number]
2: an old small silver Spanish coin
adv : intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well";
"a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used
informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about
it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good
yarn") [syn: very, really, rattling]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Real \Re"al\, n. [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See Regal, and cf. Ree a coin.] A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system. Note: A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 121/2 down to 10 cents, or from 61/2 to 5 pence sterling. The real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 21/2 pence sterling. In 1871 the coinage of Spain was assimilated to that of the Latin Union, of which the franc is the unit.
Real \Re"al\, n. A realist. [Obs.] --Burton.
Real \Re*al"\, a. Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] ``The blood real of Thebes.'' --Chaucer.
Real \Re"al\, a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r['e]el. Cf. Rebus.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed. --Milton. 2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)
real 1. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to virtual in any of its jargon senses. 2. <mathematics> real number. [Jargon File] (1997-03-12)
Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
real adj. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to virtual in any of its jargon senses.
