real
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
Adjective 4 meanings
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
“City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.”
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
“This is real leather.”
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
“These are real tears!”
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
“a description of real life”
Adverb 1 meaning
Really; very.
“When I told him the truth, he got real mad.”
Noun 4 meanings
A commodity; see realty.
One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
A real number.
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
Etymology
From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis. In modern times, likely strengthened by or conflated with the use of the prefix re-, analyzable as re- + -al.
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REAL at a glance
REAL has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #215 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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