REAL LIFE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practical world as opposed to the academic world

Example:

a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world

Synonyms:

real life; real world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("real life" is a kind of...):

reality; world (all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you)

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