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  • 31actual*/*/ — [ˈæktʃuəl] adj real, true, or exact The actual number of people killed is not yet known.[/ex] The actual situation was quite different from the way she described it.[/ex] The play is based on actual events.[/ex] …

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  • 32actual — ac•tu•al [[t]ˈæk tʃu əl[/t]] adj. 1) existing in act, fact, or reality; real: an actual case; the actual cost[/ex] 2) existing now; present; current: the ship s actual position[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; < LL āctuālis= L āctu (s. of āctus… …

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  • 33actual — In modal logic the actual world is the world as it is, contrasted with other possible worlds, representing ways it might have been. The central problem is to understand how the actual state of the world is to be characterized, except in terms… …

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  • 34actual — (adj) (Básico) que está relacionado con el presente Ejemplos: ¿Crees que el arte actual es serio? A mi mamá no le gusta la música actual. Sinónimos: nuevo, contemporáneo, coetáneo …

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  • 35actual — adj m y f 1 Que está presente; que existe, ocurre, tiene vigencia, etc en el presente; de hoy, de este tiempo: momento actual, la situación actual de la economía, los actuales dueños de la tienda, las tendencias actuales de la moda 2 (Fil) Que… …

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  • 36actual — [14] In common with act, action, etc, actual comes ultimately from Latin āctus, the past participle of the verb agere ‘do, perform’. In late Latin an adjective āctuālis was formed from the noun āctus, and this passed into Old French as actuel.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37actual — adjective / æktʃuəl/ real or correct ● What is the actual cost of one unit? ● The actual figures for directors’ expenses are not shown to the shareholders. ■ noun a physical commodity which is ready for delivery (as opposed to futures) …

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  • 38actual — [14] In common with act, action, etc, actual comes ultimately from Latin āctus, the past participle of the verb agere ‘do, perform’. In late Latin an adjective āctuālis was formed from the noun āctus, and this passed into Old French as actuel.… …

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  • 39actual — See actual, real, virtual …

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  • 40actual — adj. Actual is used with these nouns: ↑combat, ↑existence, ↑expenditure, ↑extent, ↑implementation, ↑improvement, ↑incidence, ↑incident, ↑malice, ↑mechanics, ↑merit, ↑ …

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