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[ adjective ] presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
Synonyms Examples "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different" "actual and imagined conditions" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)When I looked_up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15_th , I realized that Roy was_born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist : (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)As a word of caution , we should be aware that in actual practice no message is purely one of the four types , question , command , statement , or exclamation . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)The actual moments of contact are vitally important . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)The section is violated whether or not actual restraints or monopolies , or the substantial lessening of competition , have occurred or are intended '' . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)The interviewers were instructed not to suggest answers and , as_much_as_possible , to record the parents ' actual words as they described the child 's behavior in home situations . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
Examples "we saw the actual wedding on television" "filmed the actual beating" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)When , therefore , it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit , these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Brief snips of actual events were shown : parades , dances , street scenes . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Therefore , if the sense_of_touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled , the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)It was for this reason , and no other that I can see , that in September 1912 , Braque took the radical and revolutionary step of pasting actual pieces of imitation woodgrain wallpaper to a drawing on paper , instead of trying to simulate its texture in paint . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Examples "her actual motive" "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton "a genuine dilemma" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)At_any_rate , the substance of Eichmann 's testimony was that all his actions flowed_from his membership in the party and the SS , and though the Prosecutor did his utmost to prove actual personal hatred of Jews , his success on this score was doubtful and the anti-Semitic lesson weakened to_that_extent . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Its ground for this recommendation was that , while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17 , 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ) , that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching , the headquarters of the Jehovah's_Witnesses reported that he was no_longer doing so and , on_the_contrary , had relinquished both his Pioneer_and_Bible_Student_Servant positions . Petitioner first contends that the Department denied him procedural due_process by not giving him timely opportunity , before its final recommendation to the appeal_board , to answer the statement of the local board as to his claim of devoting 100 hours to actual preaching . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of the nature of fact; having actual existence
Synonyms Examples "rocks and trees...the actual world" "actual heroism" "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)This beach campground with no trees or hills presents a constant camping show with all manner of equipment in actual use . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)Its terms will tend to be labile or vague , and they will fit actual languages more_and_more badly . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being or existing at the present moment
Examples "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West" Related terms |
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