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actual · Actual does not mean current or present. It means 'real' or 'exact', and is often used in contrast with something that is not seen as real or exact:. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofactualadjectivefromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary actualadjective OPALW /ˈæktʃuəl/ /ˈæktʃuəl/[onlybeforenoun] jumptootherresults  usedtoemphasizesomethingthatisrealorexistsinfactJameslooksyoungerthanhiswifebutinactualfact(=really)heisfiveyearsolder.Theactualcostwashigherthanweexpected.Theactualnumberofunemployedismorethan15million.Whatwerehisactualwords?Avarietyoffactorscouldcauseouractualresultstodifferfromtheexpectedresults.Thestoryofthefilmisbasedonactualeventsandpeople.WhichWord?actual/current/presentactual/current/presentActualdoesnotmeancurrentorpresent.Itmeans‘real’or‘exact’,andisoftenusedincontrastwithsomethingthatisnotseenasrealorexact:Ineedtheactualfigures,notanestimate.Presentmeans‘existingorhappeningnow’:Howlonghaveyoubeeninyourpresentjob?Currentalsomeans‘existingorhappeningnow’,butcansuggestthatthesituationistemporary:Thefactorycannotcontinueitscurrentlevelofproduction.Actuallydoesnotmean‘atthepresenttime’.Usecurrently,atpresentoratthemomentinstead.noteatpresently Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  usedtoemphasizethemostimportantpartofsomethingTherehearsalwasfabulous,theactualperformanceevenbetter.Theweddingpreparationstakeweeksbuttheactualceremonytakeslessthananhour.WordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrenchactuel‘active,practical’,fromlateLatinactualis,fromactus‘event,thingdone’,act-‘done’,fromtheverbagere,reinforcedbytheFrenchnounacte.SeeactualintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeactualintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: actual Otherresults Allmatches actualbodilyharmnoun in(actual)fact Idioms in(actual)fact Nearbywords actoutphrasalverb actressnoun actualadjective actualbodilyharmnoun actualitynoun memorize verb     FromtheTopic Education B1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay