real life
Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environmentLife outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
» Nobody talks like that in real life.
У реальному житті так ніхто не розмовляє.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
Near-synonyms: real world, reality
wirkliches Leben, Reallife, echtes Leben
реа́льная жизньreálʹnaja žiznʹ, реа́лreál
реа́льне життя́reálʹne žyttjá
(broadly, countable, figuratively, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Life outside of the Internet.
Near-synonyms: real world, reality, real reality (intentional pleonasm under certain circumstances)
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Pressing day-to-day commitments.
I kept meaning to look for a better-paying job, but real life intervened.
- the practical world as opposed to the academic world
Examples
109 sentencesNobody talks like that in real life.
У реальному житті так ніхто не розмовляє. — deniko
Mary is one of those people who say "lol" in real life.
Мері належить до тих, хто вживає слово "лол" у розмові. — deniko
ruМэри из тех, кто говорит "лол" в реальной жизни. — DemonicSatori
What's the real meaning of life?
Nobody talks that way in real life.
ruВ реальной жизни так никто не говорит. — marafon
Things like this don't happen in real life.
Translations
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Forms
plural: real lives| Singular | real life |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the practical world as opposed to the academic world:real world
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable