actual
existing in act or fact; real: an actual case of heroism; actual expenses.
existing now; present; current: The ship's actual position is 22 miles due east of Miami.
Obsolete. pertaining to or involving acts or action.
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- ac·tu·al·ness, noun
- non·ac·tu·al, adjective
- non·ac·tu·al·ness, noun
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How to use actual in a sentence
If you get to be a monopoly because we don’t enforce antitrust laws, you’re going to end up making, pre tax, a lot more money than you would otherwise have made if you had to compete in an actual free market.
Writer Anand Giridharadas on tech’s billionaires: “Are they even on the same team as us?” | Connie Loizos | September 25, 2020 | TechCrunchThe actual Mayo Clinic researchers who authored the cited study complained that the FDA “grossly misrepresented” their data.
These controls are more about your privacy and your relationship with Google than actual Android security, but it’s worth noting that the less data you share, the safer you are.
Android security settings you should check right now | David Nield | September 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt will automatically optimize against actual sales in stores, not merely foot traffic.
Google local ads gain Smart Bidding for store sales, ‘pick up later,’ service attributes | Greg Sterling | September 23, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe assumption is that the smaller the cut for the ad tech vendor the more there is in the actual bid to compete for impressions that it may have otherwise lost.
‘Necessary, but insufficient:’ Advertisers are starting to question the value of low exchange fees | Seb Joseph | September 23, 2020 | Digiday
Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHave you ever heard any feedback from the CIA/actual spies on Archer?
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are not the actual traffickers, Yazbek says, so generally the other refugees protect their identity.
Texas offers not just place to its actual or potential new residents, but professional possibilities.
But to see any actual smooching, fans had to take matters into their own .
Yep, Korra and Asami Went in the Spirit Portal and Probably Kissed | Melissa Leon | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAltogether, it seems that not more than one-third of our fast diminishing total are available for actual fighting purposes.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAllcraft winced, as every syllable made known the speaker's actual strength—his own dependence and utter weakness.
An increase in actual number is an absolute increase; an increase in percentage only, a relative increase.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddOn the other hand, the arrows along the sides of the triangle represent actual circulation.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsHe did not answer, but he tried to look as if his partner had exactly guessed his actual intention.
British Dictionary definitions for actual
/ (ˈæktʃʊəl) /
existing in reality or as a matter of fact
real or genuine
existing at the present time; current
(usually preceded by your) British informal, often facetious (intensifier): that music's by your actual Mozart, isn't it?
Origin of actual
1usage For actual
- See also actuals
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