real

adjective (NOT FALSE)

/rɪəl/

/riː.əl/

Definition

A2 A2 [before noun] being what it appears to be and not false: real leather/fur Is that a toy gun or the real thing? → Synonym genuineTrue, real, false, and unreal › [before noun] UK approving (especially of foods) produced using traditional methods and without artificial substances: The pub sells several kinds of real ale (= traditional beer).Various qualities of food for real informal › real, not pretended: I thought it was just a fire practice but apparently it was for real.True, real, false, and unreal

(Definition of real adjective (NOT FALSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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