actual
IPA: ˈæktʃʌwʌɫ
noun
- an actual, real one; notably:
- (finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
- (military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
- (uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.
adjective
- (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
- Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
- (now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current.
- Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
Advertisement
Examples of "actual" in Sentences
- He is not a snob actually.
- The actual link is the equipment.
- The actual numbers are miniscule.
- Is wanderlust actually a borrowing
- It's actually used by the forecasters.
- Actuality is the condition of capacity.
- Actually this was the best of the bunch.
- Actually, the actual perihelion varies by hundreds of km.
- Is it actually possible to make these decisions coolly and objectively
- You are purposely failing to bring the actual facts and twisting the story.