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actual   (TTS Sound)

The adj actual has 5 senses

• actual, existent -- (presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions")


• actual -- (taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating")


• actual, genuine, literal, real -- (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")


• actual, factual -- (existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced")


• actual -- (being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West")