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Narrator: Today's word is "Realistic" — adjective, pronounced /ˌriːəˈlɪstɪk/, with the stress on "lis".
Narrator: Realistic means accepting things as they are and expecting only what is possible.
Narrator: In plain English, realistic means sensible and achievable.
Narrator: It comes from realist plus -ic.
Narrator: A common collocation is "realistic target", which describes a goal you can actually reach.
Narrator: It differs from "pessimistic", because pessimistic expects failure, while realistic expects likely results.
Narrator: In a second sense, realistic means lifelike, as in realistic graphics.
Narrator: Business, art, gaming and coaching all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: realistic is achievable, or true to life.
Speaker A: Can we finish the house in a month?
Speaker B: Let's be REALISTIC! It comes from realist.
Speaker A: Three months, then?
Speaker B: Six, to be safe.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Set realistic goals", a coaching tip. "The dinosaurs looked realistic", a film review. "Is that price realistic?", a buyer's doubt.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Stress the third syllable, "ree-uh-LIS-tik", and do not write "realistical".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Practical is its cousin, lifelike its twin, and sensible an alternative — yet realistic keeps its steady charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "realistic" in AI prompts — useful for goal setting and 3D rendering.
Speaker A: How for goals?
Speaker B: Check them.
Prompt: Turn my goal of learning Spanish into three realistic monthly milestones.
Speaker A: And rendering?
Speaker B: Describe the look.
Prompt: Write a detailed image description for a realistic rainy London street at night.
Speaker A: Could it help sales?
Speaker B: Yes, for forecasts.
Prompt: Create a realistic sales forecast from these last twelve months of data.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Test data.
Prompt: Generate twenty realistic but fake British customer records for testing.
Realistic — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary