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actual a. [
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"
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actual s. [
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"
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actual s. being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
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