Adjective
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being or existing at the present moment
"the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
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existing in act or fact
"rocks and trees...the actual world"
"actual heroism"
"the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
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being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
"her actual motive"
"a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton
"a genuine dilemma"
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taking place in reality
not pretended or imitated
"we saw the actual wedding on television"
"filmed the actual beating"
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presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
"the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
"actual and imagined conditions"