Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Life outside of the Internet.

    Near-synonyms: real world, reality, real reality (intentional pleonasm under certain circumstances)

  3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Pressing day-to-day commitments.

    I kept meaning to look for a better-paying job, but real life intervened.

More definitions
  • the practical world as opposed to the academic world

Examples

109 sentences
  1. Nobody talks like that in real life.

    У реальному житті так ніхто не розмовляє. — deniko

  2. 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

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  3. What's the real meaning of life?

  4. Nobody talks that way in real life.

    ruВ реальной жизни так никто не говорит. — marafon

  5. Things like this don't happen in real life.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment:
Русский
By meaning 1
life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment:

Forms

plural: real lives
Singularreal life
Pluralreal lives

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the practical world as opposed to the academic world:real world

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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