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Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: real world, reality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: real world, reality
Antonyms: none provided
Life outside of the Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: real world, reality, real reality (intentional pleonasm under certain circumstances)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: real world, reality, real reality
Antonyms: none provided
Pressing day-to-day commitments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- I kept meaning to look for a better-paying job, but real life intervened.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the practical world as opposed to the academic world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: real world
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: world, reality
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَيَاة وَاقِعِيَّة
(ḥayāh wāqiʕiyya)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Arabic:
حَيَاة حَقِيقِيَّة
(ḥayāh ḥaqīqiyya)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Chinese Mandarin:
現實生活 /现实生活
(xiànshí shēnghuó)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Chinese Mandarin:
真實生命 /真实生命
(zhēnshí shēngmìng)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Chinese Mandarin:
現生 /现生
(xiànshēng)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Dutch:
het echte leven
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Finnish:
tosielämä
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Finnish:
todellisuus
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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French:
vie réelle
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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French:
vraie vie
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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German:
wirkliches Leben
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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German:
Reallife
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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German:
echtes Leben
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Greek:
πραγματικότητα
(pragmatikótita)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Hungarian:
való élet
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Icelandic:
raunveruleiki
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Indonesian:
kehidupan nyata
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Italian:
vita reale
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Japanese:
実生活
(jisseikatsu)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Japanese:
実際の生活
(jissai no seikatsu)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Japanese:
リアル・ライフ
(riaru-raifu)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Korean:
실생활
(silsaenghwal)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Korean:
리얼라이프
(rieollaipeu)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Iranian Persian:
زِنْدِگیِ واقِعی
(zendegi-ye vâġe'i)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Polish:
życie
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Polish:
prawdziwe życie
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Polish:
real
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Portuguese:
vida real
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Romanian:
viața reală
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Russian:
реа́льная жизнь
(reálʹnaja žiznʹ)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Russian:
реа́л
(reál)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Spanish:
vida real
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Swedish:
verkliga livet
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Thai:
ชีวิตจริง
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Turkish:
gerçek hayat
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment
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Ukrainian:
реа́льне життя́
(reálʹne žyttjá)
— life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment