real
/rɪəl/
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Translation
True and not made up; something that really exists.
Word origin
From Latin realis, meaning of a thing, based on res, a thing.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- realis
Examples
diamond?
"Real" means it is a true diamond, not a fake one.
based .
Here "real" means it really happened and is not made up.
.
"Real" shows the friend is true and can be trusted.
"Real" means true and not fake. A real thing actually exists in the world. We say something is real when it is genuine, not pretend and not a copy.
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