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Meaning of actual

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  actual
      adj 1: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
             possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
             temperature were markedly different"; "actual and
             imagined conditions" [syn: {actual}, {existent}] [ant:
             {possible}, {potential}]
      2: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw
         the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual
         beating"
      3: 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" [syn: {actual},
         {genuine}, {literal}, {real}]
      4: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual
         world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced
         the emotion you experienced" [syn: {actual}, {factual}]
      5: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual
         position is 22 miles due south of Key West"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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