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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Words and expressions for culture-specific material elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Physical objects in a library collection that do not fit into traditional categories of media, whose media are the objects themselves, as opposed to their informational content, such as artifacts, tools, memorabilia, and naturally-occurring specimens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Qualifier: libraries
Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, information-science, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
From Late Latin realia, neuter plural of realis (“real”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
