ACTUAL

• (adj.) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

  "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different", "actual and imagined conditions"

  synonyms : existent

• (adj.) being or existing at the present moment

  "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"

• (adj.) taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated

  "we saw the actual wedding on television", "filmed the actual beating"

• (adj.) existing in act or fact

  "rocks and trees...the actual world", "actual heroism", "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

  synonyms : factual

• (adj.) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

  "her actual motive", "a literal solitude like a desert", "a genuine dilemma"

  synonyms : genuine , literal , real

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