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realistic
nouns
a realistic chance/prospect
• We felt we had a realistic chance of beating England.
a realistic option/alternative
• We do not believe there is any realistic alternative.
a realistic goal/target
• Set realistic goals for yourself.
a realistic expectation
• There are no realistic expectations of improvement.
a realistic figure/price
• A more realistic figure for energy saving would be 20 percent.
a realistic solution
• Compromise is the only realistic solution.
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adj. showing acceptance of the facts of a situation VERBS be, seem | keep sth Try to keep your ambitions realistic. ADV. extremely, very | fairly, quite, reasonably | enough, sufficiently He was realistic enough to know this success could not last. PREP. about My friends were quite realistic about my problems. | in being very realistic in their expectations showing things as they really are VERBS be, look, sound | become | make sth You could make the hands a little more realistic. ADV. extremely, truly, very | fairly, quite | grimly his grimly realistic first novel about drug addicts
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