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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:
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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. | | | 9. | (of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value: 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. | | –adverb | 12. | Informal. very or extremely: You did a real nice job painting the house. | –noun | 14. | the real, | a. | something that actually exists, as a particular quantity. | | —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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Madrid Definition–noun | a city in and the capital of Spain, in the central part. 3,500,000. | |
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