"real world" meaning in English

See real world in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} real world (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of real-world Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: real-world Synonyms: real-world
    Sense id: en-real_world-en-adj-TReDvAEr Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 55

Noun

Forms: real worlds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} real world (plural real worlds)
  1. The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination. Derived forms: real-worlder, real-world time Related terms: real life Translations (realm comprising physical objects): món real [masculine] (Catalan), todellisuus (Finnish), tosielämä (Finnish), tosimaailma (Finnish), monde réel (French), vraie vie [feminine] (French), real [masculine] (Polish), mundo real [masculine] (Portuguese), реа́л (reál) [masculine] (Russian), mundo real [masculine] (Spanish)
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