1.any rational or irrational number

2.an old small silver Spanish coin

3.being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory;

real objects

4.no less than what is stated; worthy of the name;

the real reason

5.being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

her actual motive

6.not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;

real mink

7.not to be taken lightly;

statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems

8.possible to be treated as fact;

tangible evidence

9.being value measured in terms of purchasing power;

real prices

10.having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;

the substantial world

11.(of property) fixed or immovable;

real property consists of land and buildings; real estate

12. coinciding with reality;

perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception- F.A.Olafson

13. founded on practical matters;

a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time

14.used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal;

she was very gifted