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"her actual motive"adjectivebeing or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
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"the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different" "actual and imagined conditions"adjectivepresently existing in fact and not merely potential or possibleOpposite:
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"rocks and trees...the actual world" "actual heroism" "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"adjectiveexisting in act or fact
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"the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"adjectivebeing or existing at the present moment
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"we saw the actual wedding on television" "filmed the actual beating"adjectivetaking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
Examples of actual
- "her actual motive"
- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
- "actual and imagined conditions"
- "rocks and trees...the actual world"
- "actual heroism"
- "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
- "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
- "we saw the actual wedding on television"
- "filmed the actual beating"