actual
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈækʃuəl/]
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Senses
1. actual (adj) — sense 1
Definition: relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
Example: In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?
2. actual (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
Example: the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion
3. actual (adj) — sense 3
Definition: in action at the time being; now existing; current.
Example: If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.
4. actual (noun) — sense 4
Definition: an actual, real one; notably:: something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
5. actual (noun) — sense 5
Definition: an actual, real one; notably:: 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.
Example: Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.
6. actual (noun) — sense 6
Definition: Reality, usually with the definite article.
Example: There was that desolate air about the chamber which is peculiar to an ill-furnished London room: cities need luxuries, were it only to conceal the actual.
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₂eǵ (Proto-Indo-European)
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