actual
— Adjective
– English
～ being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
actual
— Adjective
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～ taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
actual
— Adjective
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～ presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
actual
— Adjective
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～ being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
actual
— Adjective
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～ existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
actualisation
— Noun
– English
～ making real or giving the appearance of reality
actualise
— Verb
– English
～ make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
actualise
— Verb
– English
～ represent or describe realistically
actuality
— Noun
– English
～ the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
actualization
— Noun
– English
～ making real or giving the appearance of reality
actualize
— Verb
– English
～ make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
actualize
— Verb
– English
～ represent or describe realistically
actually
— Adverb
– English
～ as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"
actually
— Adverb
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～ in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
actually
— Adverb
– English
～ at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"
actually
— Adverb
– English
～ used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"
actuarial
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to the work of an actuary
actuary
— Noun
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～ someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
actuate
— Verb
– English
～ put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
actuate
— Verb
– English
～ give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"