Real Definition–adjective | 1. | true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act. |
| 2. | existing or occurring as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious: a story taken from real life. |
| 3. | being an actual thing; having objective existence; not imaginary: The events you will see in the film are real and not just made up. |
| 4. | being actually such; not merely so-called: a real victory. |
| 5. | genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; authentic: a real antique; a real diamond; real silk. |
| 6. | unfeigned or sincere: real sympathy; a real friend. |
| 7. | Informal. absolute; complete; utter: She's a real brain. |
| 8. | Philosophy. | a. | existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent. |
| b. | actual as opposed to possible or potential. |
| c. | independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent. |
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| 9. | (of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value:
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Inflation has driven income down in real terms, though nominal income appears to be higher. |
| 10. | Optics. (of an image) formed by the actual convergence of rays, as the image produced in a camera (opposed to virtual). |
| 11. | Mathematics. | a. | of, pertaining to, or having the value of a real number. |
| b. | using real numbers: real analysis; real vector space. |
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–adverb | 12. | Informal. very or extremely: You did a real nice job painting the house. |
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| 14. | the real, | a. | something that actually exists, as a particular quantity. |
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—Idiom| 15. | for real, Informal. | a. | in reality; actually: You mean she dyed her hair green for real? |
| b. | real; actual: The company's plans to relocate are for real. |
| c. | genuine; sincere: I don't believe his friendly attitude is for real. |
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Estate Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it: to have an estate in the country. |
| 2. | Law. | a. | property or possessions. |
| b. | the legal position or status of an owner, considered with respect to property owned in land or other things. |
| c. | the degree or quantity of interest that a person has in land with respect to the nature of the right, its duration, or its relation to the rights of others. |
| d. | interest, ownership, or property in land or other things. |
| e. | the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate. |
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| 3. | British. a housing development. |
| 4. | a period or condition of life: to attain to man's estate. |
| 5. | a major political or social group or class, esp. one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons in England. |
| 6. | condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.; social status or rank. |
| 7. | Obsolete. pomp or state. |
| 8. | Obsolete. high social status or rank. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | Obsolete. to establish in or as in an estate. |
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