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# realm

«realm» in Mova's school dictionary: **A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a realm, realms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, old) A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#m1)

2) An area of knowledge, activity or interest: «the realm of science». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#m2)

3) (stories) A world or land, often magical: «the realm of the fairies». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#m3)

4) (church) Christians speak of «the heavenly realm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Fairy tales and fantasy books are full of realms. In formal talk «the realm of possibility» means what could happen. In history, a knight defended the realm. Phrases: «the realm of», «within the realms of possibility», «defender of the realm».

### examples

- The king ruled his realm wisely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x1)
- The story takes place in a magical realm under the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x2)
- Flying cars are not in the realm of science fiction any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x3)
- Time travel is outside the realm of possibility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x4)
- The knights swore to protect the realm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x5)
- In the realm of sport, she is a star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x6)
- The fair Princess, Marya Morevna, carried him off into her own realm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realm/#x7)

### note

The «l» is pronounced: «relm». Countable. Fairly formal or literary; everyday words: «kingdom», «area», «world».

### In the corpora

- [So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.448/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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