ACTUAL

AC ·TUAL 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 6 letters 🎲 Scrabble 8 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

adjective
  1. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
  2. taking place in reality
  3. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
  4. existing in act or fact

💬 Examples

  • "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
  • "actual and imagined conditions"
  • "not pretended or imitated"
  • "we saw the actual wedding on television"

🔗 Similar words

existentgenuineliteralrealfactual
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