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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • economics Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; ''contrasted with'' nominal.
  • economics Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
  • (''family'') Related through a common ancestor, and not merely by marriage or adoption.
  • Genuine, not artificial.
  • genuine, not faked.
  • legal Relating to immovable tangible property.
  • of a number 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.
  • slang Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially in regards to enjoying life, prowess at sports and success wooing potential partners.
  • That can be characterized as a confirmation of truth.
  • That has physical existence.
  • That is an exemplary or pungent instance of a class or type.

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Adverb:

  • US colloquial really.

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Noun:

  • A coin worth one real.
  • A commodity; ''see'' reality.
  • A unit of currency used in Brazil, and formerly in Portugal.
  • finance A currency unit in Brazil, previously in some other countries.
  • Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
  • grammar One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
  • math A real number.

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