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real

 
 
/rɪəl/ adjective

Translation

NOT IMAGINED existing and not imagined
gerçek, sahici, hakiki
He's not real you know, he's just a character in a book. Romance is never like that in real life.1751
TRUE true and not pretended
sahici, doğru
What was the real reason she didn't come? Is that your real name?1751
NOT ARTIFICIAL not artificial or false
sunî olmayan, gerçek
real fur/leather It's not a toy gun, it's the real thing.17511334
FOR EMPHASIS [always before noun] used to emphasize a noun
gerçek, hakikî, ciddi, pek, tam tamına
She was a real help.1751
Get real! informal used to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will never happen, or that they believe something that is not true
Aptallık etme!', 'Gerçeği gör!', 'Gözünü aç!', 'Farkında değil misin?'
12491750
→ See also the real McCoy
(Definition of real adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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