The meaning of ACTUAL is existing in fact or reality. How to use actual in a sentence.

Actual is an adjective meaning ‘true’, ‘real’ and ‘the thing in itself’. It does not refer to time. Actual always comes immediately before the noun it is describing: … Actually is often used in …

1. existing in act, fact, or reality; real: an actual case; the actual cost. 2. existing now; present; current: the ship's actual position.

There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word actual, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

You use actual to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine.

Actual definition: existing in act or fact; real.. See examples of ACTUAL used in a sentence.

actual is an adjective, actuality is a noun, actually is an adverb, actualize is a verb: The actual facts are these. In actuality, the quarter didn't disappear; it was in the magician's hand.

ACTUAL meaning: 1 : real and not merely possible or imagined existing in fact; 2 : known to be correct or precise not false or apparent

Synonyms for ACTUAL: real, factual, true, genuine, very, concrete, final, literal; Antonyms of ACTUAL: potential, possible, theoretical, hypothetical, ideal, nonexistent, alleged, conjectural

Definition of actual adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.