Unreal - English meaning

adjective

(of a mythical animal) formed from parts of various animals.

Usage examples:

The design is based on a chimeric creature with the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon

adjective

Relating to a hope or dream that is extremely unlikely ever to come true

Usage examples:

His self-image as a writer seems chimerical., as if the real world weren't scary enough, chimerical…

phrasal verb

To invent something new by using a lot of imagination

Usage examples:

The gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team – who dreamed it up?

adjective

Extraordinary, especially extraordinarily large.

Usage examples:

Fabulous riches

adjective

Very good; wonderful

Usage examples:

This is a fabulous place!, fabulous profits

adjective

Very good; excellent

Usage examples:

Absolutely fabulous she looked absolutely fabulous in her dress., they've got a fabulous apartment …

noun

A traditional story, usually written for children, which often involves imaginary creatures and magic

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

adjective

(of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life.

Usage examples:

I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes

adjective

Over-imaginative and unrealistic.

Usage examples:

Ever more fanciful proposals were raised

adjective

Not likely to succeed or happen in the real world

Usage examples:

He has some fanciful notion about converting one room of his apartment into a gallery.

adjective

Extraordinarily good or attractive.

Usage examples:

They did a fantastic job

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

Look fantastic you look fantastic in that dress., we had a fantastic time., they won the tournament…

adjective

Strange and imaginary, or not reasonable

Usage examples:

He drew fantastic animals with two heads and large wings.

adjective

Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Usage examples:

Reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

adjective

Invented and not true or existing; false

Usage examples:

He registered at the hotel under a fictitious name.

adjective

Not real

Usage examples:

Executives invented fictitious sales to justify amounts transferred offshore., many of the internet…

adjective

Based on illusion; not real.

Usage examples:

She knew the safety of her room was illusory

adjective

Not real and based on illusion

Usage examples:

Their hopes of a peaceful solution turned out to be illusory.

adjective

Existing only in the imagination.

Usage examples:

Chris had imaginary conversations with her

adjective

Existing only in the mind; not real

Usage examples:

All her worries were imaginary.

adjective

Something that is imaginary is created by and exists only in the mind

Usage examples:

As a child i had an imaginary friend., the story is set in an imaginary world., imaginary fears

adjective

(of something unreal or untrue) believed to exist or be so.

Usage examples:

They suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives

verb

Form a mental image or concept of.

Usage examples:

She imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands

verb

Past simple and past participle of imagine

verb

Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.

Usage examples:

He invented an improved form of the steam engine

verb

Past simple and past participle of invent

verb

To design and/or create something that has never been made before

Usage examples:

The first safety razor was invented by company founder king c. gillette in 1903.

adjective

Described in or based on legends.

Usage examples:

A legendary british king of the 4th century

adjective

Very famous and admired or spoken about

Usage examples:

He became editor of the legendary irish journal "the bell"., the english are legendary (= well know…

adjective

From a legend

Usage examples:

A legendary greek hero, was king arthur a real or a legendary character?

adjective

Wearing esp. a lot of makeup

Usage examples:

She was heavily made-up and wearing a wig., a made-up name, they complained about "made-up" data.

idiom

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

noun

The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.

Usage examples:

She's living in a world of make-believe

adjective

Imitating something real.

Usage examples:

He was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Usage examples:

Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.

Usage examples:

A mock-georgian red brick house

noun

Make a replica or imitation of something.

adjective

Occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales.

Usage examples:

One of denmark's greatest mythical heroes

adjective

Mythical also means imaginary or not real

Usage examples:

I’d like to see that mythical girlfriend he’s always talking about.

adjective

Something that is non-existent does not exist or is not present in a particular place

Usage examples:

Insurance payment for alternative healthcare is virtually non-existent.

noun

A figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale on which 7 is neutral, lower values are more acid and higher values more alkaline. the ph is equal to −log10 c, where c is the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per litre.

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.

Usage examples:

The children poured out pretend tea for the dolls

verb

To behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, esp. in order to deceive people or as a game

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] tom pretends to care., [ + (that) clause ] the children pretended (that) they w…