Real vs. Staged
Real and Staged Definitions
Real
Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence
Real objects.
A real illness.
Staged
A raised and level floor or platform.
Real
True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal
Real people, not ghosts.
A film based on real life.
Staged
A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.
Real
Of or founded on practical matters and concerns
A recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time.
Staged
An area in which actors perform.
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Real
Genuine and authentic; not artificial or spurious
Real mink.
Real humility.
Staged
The acting profession, or the world of theater. Used with the
The stage is her life.
Real
Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
A real friend.
Staged
The scene of an event or of a series of events.
Real
Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation
Tourists hoping for a real experience on the guided tour.
Staged
A platform on a microscope that supports a slide for viewing.
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Real
Not to be taken lightly; serious
In real trouble.
Staged
A scaffold for workers.
Real
(Philosophy) Existing objectively in the world regardless of subjectivity or conventions of thought or language.
Staged
A resting place on a journey, especially one providing overnight accommodations.
Real
Relating to, being, or having value reckoned by actual purchasing power
Real income.
Real growth.
Staged
The distance between stopping places on a journey; a leg
Proceeded in easy stages.
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Real
(Physics) Of, relating to, or being an image formed by light rays that converge in space.
Staged
A stagecoach.
Real
(Mathematics) Of, relating to, or being a real number.
Staged
A level or story of a building.
Real
(Law) Of or relating to stationary or fixed property, such as buildings or land.
Staged
The height of the surface of a river or other fluctuating body of water above a set point
At flood stage.
Real
Very
I'm real sorry about that.
Staged
A level, degree, or period of time in the course of a process
The toddler stage of child development.
The early stages of a disease.
Real
A thing or whole having actual existence. Often used with the
Theories beyond the realm of the real.
Staged
A point in the course of an action or series of events
Too early to predict a winner at this stage.
Real
(Mathematics) A real number.
Staged
One of two or more successive propulsion units of a rocket vehicle that fires after the preceding one has been jettisoned.
Real
A silver coin formerly used in Spain and Latin America.
Staged
(Geology) A subdivision in the classification of stratified rocks, ranking just below a series and representing rock formed during a chronological age.
Real
A unit of currency formerly used in Portugal.
Staged
(Electronics) An element or a group of elements in a complex arrangement of parts, especially a single tube or transistor and its accessory components in an amplifier.
Real
See Table at currency.
Staged
To exhibit or present to an audience
Stage a boxing match.
Real
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
Staged
To prepare (a house) for sale by altering its appearance.
Real
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
This is real leather.
Staged
To produce or direct (a theatrical performance)
That director has staged Hamlet in New York City.
Real
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
These are real tears!
Staged
To arrange the subjects of (a movie, for example) in front of a camera to achieve a desired effect
The director stages romantic scenes well.
Real
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
A description of real life
Staged
To arrange and carry out
Stage an invasion.
Real
That has objective, physical existence.
No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
Staged
(Medicine) To determine the extent or progression of (a cancer, for example).
Real
(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power contrast nominal.
My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.
What is the real GNP of this polity?
Staged
To be adaptable to or suitable for theatrical presentation
A play that stages well.
Real
(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
Staged
To stop at a designated place in the course of a journey
"tourists from London who had staged through Warsaw" (Frederick Forsyth).
Real
Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
Staged
Planned, prepared.
The conman staged the car accident so he could collect the insurance money.
Real
(legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.
Real estate;
Real property
Staged
Intended for the stage as in a theater.
The staged performance was good, but I liked the book better.
Real
Absolute, complete, utter.
This is a real problem.
Staged
Simple past tense and past participle of stage
Real
(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
I'm keeping it real.
Staged
Deliberately arranged for effect;
One of those artfully staged photographs
Real
Really, very.
When I told him the truth, he got real mad.
Staged
Written for or performed on the stage;
A staged version of the novel
Real
A commodity; see realty.
Real
(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
Real
(mathematics) A real number.
Real
(obsolete) A realist.
Real
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
Real
A coin worth one real.
Real
A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
Real
A coin worth one real.
Real
A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
Real
A coin worth one real.
Real
A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Real
A realist.
Real
Royal; regal; kingly.
Real
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
Whereat I waked, and foundBefore mine eyes all real, as the dreamHad lively shadowed.
Real
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
Whose perfection far excelledHers in all real dignity.
Real
Relating to things, not to persons.
Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.
Real
Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
Real
Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.
For he that but conceives a crime in thought,Contracts the danger of an actual fault.
Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things.
Real
Any rational or irrational number
Real
An old small silver Spanish coin
Real
Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory;
Real objects
Real people; not ghosts
A film based on real life
A real illness
Real humility
Life is real! Life is earnest!
Real
No less than what is stated; worthy of the name;
The real reason
Real war
A real friend
A real woman
Meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal
It's time he had a real job
It's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
Real
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
Her actual motive
A literal solitude like a desert
A genuine dilemma
Real
Not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;
Real mink
True gold
Real
Not to be taken lightly;
Statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems
To the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
Real
Possible to be treated as fact;
Tangible evidence
His brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
Real
Being value measured in terms of purchasing power;
Real prices
Real income
Real wages
Real
Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;
The substantial world
A mere dream, neither substantial nor practical
Most ponderous and substantial things
Real
(of property) fixed or immovable;
Real property consists of land and buildings; real estate
Real
Coinciding with reality;
Perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception
Real
Founded on practical matters;
A recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time
Real
Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal;
She was very gifted
He played very well
A really enjoyable evening
I'm real sorry about it
A rattling good yarn
