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    Post Realm

    The difference is within the realm of chance?

    What does realm mean here?

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    Default Re: Realm

    Quote Originally Posted by jkl View Post
    The difference is within the realm of chance?

    What does realm mean here?

    THANKS
    What do you think it might mean, have you looked up "realm" in a dictionary?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bhaisahab View Post
    What do you think it might mean, have you looked up "realm" in a dictionary?

    Realm = area, work area

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    Default Re: Realm

    Realm | Define Realm at Dictionary.com

    You need a better dictionary. "Work area" is not a correct definition.
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    Default Re: Realm

    While the dictionary's open, note the pronunciation. The word shares its derivation, but not its vowel sound, with 'real'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobK View Post
    While the dictionary's open, note the pronunciation. The word shares its derivation, but not its vowel sound, with 'real'.

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    The difference is within the realm of chance?

    I opend another dictionary. Pronounciation does not sound like real. Even though at first I tried to pronounce it like "Realm".

    Meaning is - Domain, region, Kingdom. Do they have any mening to the above sentence?

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    Default Re: Realm

    Try this definition:

    "the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates:"

    Do you think "chance" might have this type of "realm"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SoothingDave View Post
    Try this definition:

    "the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates:"

    Do you think "chance" might have this type of "realm"?

    So, if anything occurs = business

    difference is = Business sucess.

    Can we rewrite the sentence "The difference is within the realm of chance"

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    Default Re: Realm

    I don't understand what you are trying to rewrite, or why "business success" is supposed to equal "difference is."
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    Default Re: Realm

    This is the first time you have mentioned business in this thread. It doesn't appear to have any relevance at all to your original question.

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