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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
real
/ɹiːl/
noun1 of 2
actually existing or happening, not imagined
- “He is, without a doubt, a really talented young man.”Tatoeba
- “This job would be really difficult to replace with robots.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adjective2 of 2
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)