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Actual (adjective)
relating to a person’s acts or deeds; active, practical from 14th c.
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Actual (adjective)
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. from 14th c.
“the actual cost of goods;”
“the actual case under discussion”
“The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.”
“real”
“potential|possible|virtual|speculative|conceivable|theoretical|nominal|hypothetical|estimated”
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Actual (adjective)
in action at the time being; now existing; current
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Actual (adjective)
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, very. from 18th c.
“present”
“future|past”
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Actual (noun)
an actual, real one; notably:
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Actual (noun)
something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
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Real (adjective)
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
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Real (adjective)
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
“This is real leather.”
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Real (adjective)
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
“These are real tears!”
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Real (adjective)
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
“a description of real life”
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Real (adjective)
That has objective, physical existence.
“No one has ever seen a real unicorn.”
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Real (adjective)
Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power contrast nominal.
“My dad calculated my family’s real consumption per month.”
“What is the real GNP of this polity?”
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Real (adjective)
Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
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Real (adjective)
Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
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Real (adjective)
Relating to immovable tangible property.
“real estate;”
“real property”
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Real (adjective)
Absolute, complete, utter.
“This is a real problem.”
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Real (adjective)
Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
“I’m keeping it real.”
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Real (adverb)
Really, very.
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Real (noun)
A commodity; see realty.
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Real (noun)
One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
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Real (noun)
A real number.
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Real (noun)
A realist.
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Real (noun)
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain’s colonies.
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Real (noun)
A coin worth one real.
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Real (noun)
A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942
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Real (noun)
A coin worth one real.
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Real (noun)
A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
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Real (noun)
A coin worth one real.
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Actual (adjective)
existing in fact; real
“the estimate was much less than the actual cost”
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Actual (adjective)
used to emphasize the important aspect of something
“the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content?”
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Actual (adjective)
existing now; current
“using actual income to measure expected income”
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Real (adjective)
actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed
“Julius Caesar was a real person”
“her many illnesses, real and imaginary”
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Real (adjective)
used to emphasize the significance or seriousness of a situation
“the competitive threat from overseas is very real”
“there is a real danger of civil war”
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Real (adjective)
relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished
“Locke’s distinction between the real and nominal essence of substances”
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Real (adjective)
(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine
“the earring was presumably real gold”
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Real (adjective)
true or actual
“this isn’t my real reason for coming”
“his real name is James”
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Real (adjective)
rightly so called; proper
“he’s my idea of a real man”
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Real (adjective)
complete; utter (used for emphasis)
“the tour turned out to be a real disaster”
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Real (adjective)
adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power
“real incomes had fallen by 30 per cent”
“an increase in real terms of 11.6 per cent”
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Real (adjective)
(of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part.
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Real (adjective)
(of an image) of a kind in which the light that forms it actually passes through it; not virtual.
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Real (adverb)
really; very
“my head hurts real bad”
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Real (noun)
the basic monetary unit of Brazil since 1994, equal to 100 centavos.
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Real (noun)
a former coin and monetary unit of various Spanish-speaking countries.