Referring to a perspective or view from the real world, in contrast to a perspective from within the fictional world.

(computing) continuously connected to the Internet e.g. by broadband

(Britain, informal) A court order forbidding publication of any information that could identify a child involved in legal proceedings.

(physics) The amount of energy required to change 1 gram of liquid to gas at its boiling point.

A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting. / A piece cut out of something. / A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), often displayed for promotional purposes; a standee.

(mythology, theology) A raid into the underworld by a heroic figure.

present participle of white out

(of something said) Softly, so as not to be heard.

(colloquial, idiomatic, US, Canada) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky. / (colloquial, idiomatic, Australia, Britain) To be unfortunate or unlucky; to run out of luck.

(suffixed to a bare infinitive) A competition [of the activity denoted by the verb], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament.