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[ adjective ] having existence or being or actuality
Synonyms Examples "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient" "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)It is not through space nor time that the time_machine most approved by science_fiction must travel for a visit to the permanent prehistoric past , or the ever existent past fantasy future . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
Synonyms Examples "real objects" "real people not ghosts" "a film based on real life" "a real illness" "real humility" "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow |
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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" Related terms |
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