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# realistic

«realistic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Sensible about what can really happen or be done: "a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (realistic, more realistic, most realistic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sensible about what can really happen or be done: "a realistic plan". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#m1)

2) Looking or seeming very like the real thing: "a realistic painting of a horse." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#m2)

3) Realistic can also describe a view that takes things as they actually are, without imagining or magic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a realistic goal is one you can actually reach. In art lessons a realistic drawing looks like real life. In maths, a "realistic answer" makes sense: a person cannot be 5 metres tall. In stories, realistic fiction tells about things that could happen. Phrases: be realistic, realistic goal, realistic fiction, look realistic.

### examples

- Be realistic: we cannot paint the whole house today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x1)
- The toy dinosaur looks very realistic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x2)
- Set yourself a realistic goal for reading each week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x3)
- Check whether your answer is realistic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x4)
- Realistic fiction is about things that could really happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x5)
- Her drawing of the cat is so realistic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x6)
- It is not realistic to walk to London from here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x7)
- Even such a minute touch as the terraces on the hill have their bearing, I believe, on Mr. MacRitchie's “realistic” views of Faerie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/#x8)

### note

Opposite: "unrealistic". The noun is "realism"; the adverb is "realistically". In maths and science, check your answer is realistic: if a pencil comes out 3 kilometres long, you made a mistake. A realistic picture can still be fake, so do not believe every realistic photo online.

### In the corpora

- [AI can make realistic fake photos of real people, and checking trusted news before forwarding is the best defence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/36-ai-pictures-and-ai-music-as-reported/14/)
- [A game rated 18 can contain realistic violence, crime, strong swearing and adult scenes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «realistic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.