EXISTING IN FACT / REAL
We had estimated about 300 visitors, but the actual number was much higher.
He's had a lot of interviews, but never had an actual job.
The exams are in July, but the actual results (= the results themselves) don't appear until September.
Synonym: real (NOT IMAGINARY)
Actual is an adjective meaning ‘true’, ‘real’ and ‘the thing in itself’. It does not refer to time. Actual always comes immediately before the noun it is describing: …
TRUE OR EXACT
actual amount/cost/figure
Residents are paying electricity prices that are double the actual cost of generating electricity.
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