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 →

2) An area of knowledge, activity or interest: «the realm of science». tree →

3) (stories) A world or land, often magical: «the realm of the fairies». tree →

4) (church) Christians speak of «the heavenly realm». tree →

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 →
• The story takes place in a magical realm under the sea. tree →
• Flying cars are not in the realm of science fiction any more. tree →
• Time travel is outside the realm of possibility. tree →
• The knights swore to protect the realm. tree →
• In the realm of sport, she is a star. tree →
• The fair Princess, Marya Morevna, carried him off into her own realm. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «realm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.