real
US /ril/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; ; ; ; ; ; - Longfellow
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The real cause of the delay was a mistake in the shipping order.
Word Family
Synonyms
- actualpresently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
- genuinenot fake or counterfeit
- authenticconforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
Collocations
- Easy real flower in the vasedescribing real flower in the vase (any rational or irrational number)
- Medium commercial real estate investmentsdescribing commercial real estate investments (a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television)
- Hard experience real wage stagnationto experience real wage stagnation, meaning to go or live through
- Very Hard the real McCoy without imitationreferring to the real McCoy without imitation
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.