realm
UK/ɹɛlm/
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Early/rɛːm/
realm noun: a territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.
Noun
realm (plural realms)
- A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.
- And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.1874, Horatio Alger, “Chapter XXXI”, in Brave and Bold
- Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders, […]1913, Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia, "St. Dunstan"
- An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise.
- The spiritual state of which God is the head; the Kingdom of Heaven.
- A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
- the realm of physics
- the realm of corporate governance
- A primary zoogeographical division of the earth's surface.
- A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.
- A region or zone forming part of a cosmological system.
- A grouping of equally trusted computers managed together on a network.
realm meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
realm in Tamil
- மாநிலம், நனவம்
realm in Urdu
- territory or state
- مُلْک mulk
realm in Bengali
- realm
- এলাকা elaka
realm in Telugu
- territory or state
- రాజ్యం rājyaṁ
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- realm in Malayalam
- രാഷ്ട്രം rāṣṭraṁ
- realm in Kannada
- ನಾಡು, ಹರವು, ರಾಜ್ಯ, ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ
- realm in Arabic
- مَمْلَكَة mamlaka, مُلْك mulk, حَيِّز ḥayyiz
- realm in Malay
- alam
- realm in Indonesian
- alam, ranah
Examples of realm in a sentence
- Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?1907, Tada Kanai, “The World and How to Pass Through It”, in Arthur Lloyd, transl., Seven Buddhist Sermons:
- One thing more which the scientific man does is to accord primacy to that realm of truth which is primary in importance.1922, Judson Eber Conant, “Truth Must be Classified Scientifically”, in The Church The Schools and Evolution:
- At home in Moscow, Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev, who had launched a campaign to rejuvenate the Soviet realm […]2006 November 22, Christian Neef, “Diary of a Collapsing Superpower”, in Spiegel Magazine:
Synonyms of realm
Forms of realm
| plural | realms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | realme |
Origin of realm
From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme, reialme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *rēgālimen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of regimen with rēgālis is usually cited. The modern spelling predominates from around 1600. The modern pronunciation with /l/ is either a spelling pronunciation or influenced by the etymology.
Words formed from realm
- abjuration of the realm
- abjure the realm
- abstract realm
- coin of the realm
- Commonwealth realm
- custom of the realm
- Eastern Realm
- experience realm
- floristic realm
- hell realm
- Ice Realm
- Indomalayan realm
- interrealm
- in the realm of shades
- Northern Realm
- Oriental realm
- peer of the realm
- realmless
- realmlessness
- realmlet
- realm of fantasy
- realm of possibility
- realm of the dead
- Schengen realm
- shadow realm
- Snow Realm
- Southern Realm
- underrealm
- unrealmed
- Western Realm
Phrases with realm
Words that rhyme with realm
Questions about realm
- What does realm mean?
- Realm means a territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.
- What is realm in Tamil?
- Realm in Tamil is மாநிலம், நனவம். See Realm meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use realm in a sentence?
- Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?
- What part of speech is realm?
- Realm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce realm?
- Realm is pronounced /ɹɛlm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of realm?
- The plural of realm is realms.
Words near realm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: realm (page history and authors); realm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); এলাকা (Bengali) (page history and authors); രാഷ്ട്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); realm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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