EGAVE

actual

About 63.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adjective Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
    the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion
  3. adjective Physical rather than virtual.
    Unlike the other phishing attacks discussed earlier, these attacks reach you via your actual mailbox.
  4. adjective in action at the time being; now existing; current.
  5. adjective Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
  6. noun an actual, real one; notably: something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones. a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
    Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.
  7. noun something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
  8. noun a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
    Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.

Similar words

actualized factual de facto existent true effective literal very real genuine

Often followed by

and or practice fact experience number value cost work use

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