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realm  (rlm)
n.
1. A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.
2. A field, sphere, or province: the realm of science. See Synonyms at field.

[Middle English realme, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Old French reial, royal) of Latin regimen, government, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

realm [rɛlm]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a royal domain; kingdom (now chiefly in such phrases as Peer of the Realm)
2. a field of interest, study, etc. the realm of the occult
[from Old French reialme, from Latin regimen rule, influenced by Old French reial royal, from Latin rēgālis regal1]

Realm an alternative for ream; an abstract state, domain, or collective body.
Examples: realm of death, 1725; of fancy, 1873; of hell, 1816; of night, 1667; of nonsense, 1682; of paper, 1589; of pleasance, 1830; of rest, 1812.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.realmrealm - a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
lotus land, lotusland - an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence
2.realm - the domain ruled by a king or queen
demesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
3.realm - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge

realm
noun
1. field, world, area, province, sphere, department, region, branch, territory, zone, patch, orbit, turf (U.S. slang) the realm of politics
2. kingdom, state, country, empire, monarchy, land, province, domain, dominion, principality Defence of the realm is crucial.
Translations
realm [relm] N (lit) (Jur) → reino m (fig) (= field) → esfera f, campo m
in the realms of fantasyen el reino de la fantasía
in the realm of the possibledentro de lo posible
in the realm of speculationen la esfera de la especulación

realm [ˈrɛlm] n
(= kingdom) → royaume m
(= domain) → domaine m
the realm of politics → le domaine de la politique
it's not beyond the realms of possibility → c'est du domaine du possible
real property n (US)immobilier m
real time ntemps m réel
in real time → en temps réel
real-time [ˌriːlˈtaɪm] modif (COMPUTING)en temps réel
real-time processing → traitement m en temps réel

realm
n (liter: = kingdom) → Königreich nt; (fig)Reich nt; within the realms of possibilityim Bereich des Möglichen

realm [rɛlm] n (frm) → regno
realm [rɛlm] n (frm) → regno

realm
n realm [relm]
1 a kingdom. ryk مَمْلَكَه царство království kongerige das Königreich βασίλειο reino kuningriik کشور پادشاهی kuningaskunta royaume מַמלָכָה राज्य kraljevstvo királyság, birodalom kerajaan konungsríki regno, reame 王国 왕국 karalystė karaliste; karaļvalsts kerajaan (konink)rijk kongerike królestwo reino regat королевство kráľovstvo kraljestvo kraljevstvo rike อาณาจักร krallık 王國 королівство سلطنت vương quốc
2 an area of activity, interest etc She's well-known in the realm of sport. gebied مَجال облаcт oblast verden; -verden der Bereich κόσμος, χώρος, πεδίο dominio, sector ala محدوده؛ حیطه alue domaine תְּחוּם विषय domena, područje világ dunia svið, vettvangur campo, settore 分野 영역 sritis joma; sfēra; pasaule bidang gebied (-)område dziedzina, domena campo domeniu сфера oblasť področje područje [] värld ขอบเขต alan, saha, ... dünyası 領域 галузь, сфера میدان lĩnh vực


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They then fell upon each other's neck and wept scalding rills down each other's spine in token of their banishment to the Realm of Ineffable Bosh.
Thus, after the death of the King, "the realm stood in great jeopardy a long while, for every lord that was mighty of men made him strong, and many weened to have been King.
The realm of France, it is well known, was divided betwixt the Norman and Teutonic race, who spoke the language in which the word Yes is pronounced as oui, and the inhabitants of the southern regions, whose speech bearing some affinity to the Italian, pronounced the same word oc.
 
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