 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
real
adjective
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(a)}] [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: 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"
noun
1: any rational or irrational number [syn: {real number}]
2: an old small silver Spanish coin
adverb: used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally
for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: {very}, {really}, {rattling}]
[also: {reis} (pl), {reales} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reis
See {real}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rei \Rei\ (r?), noun;pl. {Reis} (r?"?s or r?z). [Pg. real, pl.
reis. See {Real} a coin.]
A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a
cent. [Spelt also {ree}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reis \Re'is\ (r?"?s or r?z), noun [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient
Portuguese coin.]
The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of
account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to
eleven cents.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), noun [Ar. ra["i]s head, chief, prince.]
A common title in the East for a person in authority,
especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
{ras}.]
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