English Dictionary
Definition of “actual”
actual (ˈæktʃʊəl
)
Definitions
adjective
- 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?
Word Origin
C14: actuel existing, from Late Latin āctuālis relating to acts, practical, from Latin āctusact
Translations
- British English:
actual
Actual is used to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine.The actual number of victims is higher than statistics suggest.ˈæktʃʊəl ADJECTIVE The actual number of victims is higher than statistics suggest.
- Spanish:
real
adj
- French:
réel
adj
- German:
wirklich
adj
- Chinese: 实际的 adj
- Arabic: فِعْلِيّ adj
- Portuguese: real adj
- Russian: фактический adj фактическая
- Croatian: aktualan adj aktualna
- Czech: skutečný adj
- Danish: faktisk adj
- Dutch: daadwerkelijk adj
- Finnish: varsinainen adj
- Greek: πραγματικός adj πραγματική
- Italian: reale adj
- Japanese: 実際の no_posp
- Korean: 실제의 adj
- Norwegian: faktisk adj
- Polish: rzeczywisty adj rzeczywista
- Brazilian Portuguese: real adj
- European Spanish:
real
adj
- Swedish: faktisk adj faktiskt
- Thai: ที่จริง adj
- Turkish: gerçek n
- Vietnamese: thực sự adj
Usage examples
They thought they knew the small group of men, all casual labour at the docks, doing the actual thefts.
Butler, Gwendoline, Coffin on the Water (1986)This is like the Super Friends, except we don't have any actual superpowers, or an office, or colorful tights.
Maxim (2005)Party chairman Mr Padraic McCormack said he did not know the actual result, nor did the leadership candidates.
Irish Times (2002)The scene where the hero eats his boots is based on an actual incident.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Here, though, you do tend to pick up information about other visitors, rather than the actual object.
Marian Green, WILD WITCHCRAFT: A Guide to Natural, Herbal and Earth Magic (2002)
