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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

actual

/ˈak(t)ʃj(ʊ)əl/

An illustration for actual

adjective

real or existing in fact, not imagined; real

  • “The things that you call impossible might actually become possible.”Tatoeba
  • “The speech was actually a copy of the previous year's.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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