real

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real 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.

1. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

   “City hall has its place, but this pub is the real heart of the town.”

   “[T]he real reason he didn't come was because he was scared of flying[.]”

2. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

   “This is real leather.”

   “An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.”

3. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

   “These are real tears!”

   “Whose perfection farr excell’d Hers in all real dignitie”

4. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.

   “a description of real life”

   “I waked, and found / Before mine eyes all real, as the dream / Had lively shadowed.”

5. That has objective, physical existence.

   “No one has ever seen a real unicorn.”

6. Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).

   “My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.”

   “What is the real GNP of this polity?”

7. Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
8. Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
9. Relating to immovable tangible property.

   “real estate; real property”

   “Many are perfect in men's humours that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.”

10. Absolute, complete, utter.

    “This is a real problem.”

11. Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.

    “I'm keeping it real.”

12. Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.

    “yo, Imma be real with u... don't ever text me again”

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real 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.

1. Really; very.

   “When I told him the truth, he got real mad.”

   “Se looked at me real strange.”

name

1. Real Madrid, a football club from Madrid.
2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Portuguese real (“royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“regal; royal”). Doublet of ariary, regal, riyal, and royal.

1. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.

   “Within weeks of this bombshell, an aide to the brother of the chairman of the PT, José Genoino, was arrested boarding a flight with 200,000 reais in a suitcase and $100,000 in his underpants.”

2. A coin worth one real.