Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom.
- n. A field, sphere, or province: the realm of science. See Synonyms at field.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A royal jurisdiction or extent of government; a king's dominions; a kingdom.
- n. Figuratively, a jurisdiction or domain in general; a sphere of power, influence, or operation; province; arena.
- n. In zoögeog., a prime division of the earth's surface; a faunal area of the largest extent; a zoölogical region of the first order.
Wiktionary
- n. An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.
- n. The domain of a certain abstraction.
- n. A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, and particularly those territories ruled by a king.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.
- n. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a domain in which something is dominant
- n. the domain ruled by a king or queen
- n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
Etymologies
- From Old French reaume, realme ("kingdom"), of unclear origins. A postulated *rēgālimen, Late Latin cross of regimen with rēgālis is usually cited. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English realme, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Old French reial, royal) of Latin regimen, government, from regere, to rule. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It is the realm of _psychical life_; and, still more decidedly and more evidently, the _realm of mind_.”
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
“A series of recent mind-bending laboratory experiments has given scientists an unprecedented peek behind the quantum veil, confirming that this realm is as mysterious as imagined.”
“The subconscious never sleeps and this realm is a vast resource for a writer.”
“In one, the seams are sealed so tight that they are imperceptible; the realm is a closed system, without portals or rifts; it has no contact with any other realms; there is no crosshatching between alternative (i.e. temporal) elsewhens or palimpsesting of alterior (i.e. nomological) elsewhens; everything takes place within that realm.”
“And in his pursuit of truth, he ventured beyond science and religion to what he called the realm of mysticism.”
“And to actually go to what we call a realm, because the queen is head of state of New Zealand and to undertake engagements on behalf of her is the first step in his grooming for kingship.”
“These four adjectives, cosmic, universal, material, and infinite are almost interchangeable, and apply, as we see, to that realm of the non-individual existence which we call the realm of the substantial death.”
“This in itself bespeaks a measure of human control, since it implies that that world is separate and somewhat unusual: most of the time things do not belong to the occult realm, which is to say, most of the time things are normal.”
“Mike, another tally that should be made in the double dipping realm is the number of past PDC employees and their consulting amounts after they leave PDC.”
“What makes him unusual within the speaking realm is that he's not self-serving.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘realm’.
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1100
abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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3/4 year Vocab List
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, awe, buffoon, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron and 96 more...
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3/4 year Vocab List
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, awe, buffoon, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron and 96 more...
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Orwellian Purism
Words and phrases George Orwell criticizes in his essay 'Politics and the English Language'.
ring the changes on, take up the cudge..., toe the line, ride roughshod over, stand shoulder to..., play into the han..., no axe to grind, grist to the mill, fishing in troubl..., on the order of t..., Achilles’ heel, swan song and 162 more...
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replete, steeped, eminent, indiscriminate, voracious, automaton, prognosticate, technology, abound, matron, tinge, compound and 297 more...
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1824 more...
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1100 words you need to know
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voracious, indiscriminate, replete, steeped, eminent, perceive, intrepid, compound, automaton, reticent, interminable, drudgery and 288 more...
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Words I See Primarily in Books About ...
furze, peat, turnips, Michaelmas, Candlemas, hunter's moon, harvest moon, banish, rampart, lest, ordure, market day and 74 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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Vocab
Words that I come across, and go blank, or want to clarify.
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Tweets
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Prolagus You slept better in a sleeping train in a shed in a station
With a torch and a Woman's Realm to keep you warm,
To keep you company.
(Women's realm, by Belle and Sebastian) Sep 15, 2008