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How to pronounce real in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms actual, genuine, literal
Derivation reality, realness
Type Words
Synonyms rattling, really, very


a really enjoyable evening.
I'm real sorry about it.
Type Words
Synonyms tangible
Derivation reality


his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor.
Type Words
Synonyms material, substantial
Derivation reality
Type Words
Synonyms real number
Type of imaginary number, imaginary, complex number, complex quantity
Has types scalar product, dot product, inner product, irrational, irrational number, rational, rational number
Type Words
Synonyms existent
Derivation realness, reality


real objects.
real people; not ghosts.
a film based on real life.
a real illness.
real humility.
Life is real! Life is earnest!.
Type Words
Synonyms veridical
Derivation realness, reality
Type Words
Type of coin
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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.
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Derivation reality


statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems.
to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real.
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real property consists of land and buildings.
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real prices.
real income.
real wages.
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Type of brazilian monetary unit

Examples of real

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We know the climate change is real, and we need fact-based discussions about it.
From the techcrunch.com
They are hoping that the elephant will give birth to a real-live woolly mammoth.
From the abcnews.go.com
Let's hope the Edson Barboza fight is for real, and makes the pay-per-view card.
From the newsday.com
The IRS will be looking carefully, too, at hobby expense versus a real business.
From the newsday.com
His last real loss was Dec. 31, 2004, via a freak submission move by Ryo Chonan.
From the newsday.com
I know he's a real, real bright guy and played the game right, studied the game.
From the newsday.com
If cold hands are a real problem for you, then choose the Guide over the Legend.
From the thenewstribune.com
The real cause for these accidents are people unable to drive getting a license.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The lefts lockstep march toward socialism has been repudiated by real Americans.
From the washingtontimes.com
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  • Real number: any rational or irrational number
  • Very: 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"
  • 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
  • Real(a): 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"
  • The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
  • An old small silver Spanish coin
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
  • Real is the fifth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, first released on September 29, 1993. The album has a genre of mainly pop songs written by Charlotte Caffey, Thomas Caffey, Ralph Schuckett and half co-written by Carlisle. ...
  • The Real, built in Barcelona, was the largest galley of its time and the flagship of Don Juan de Austria in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the largest battle between galleys in history, in which a fleet of the Holy League, an alliance of Christian powers of the Mediterranean, decisively defeated ...