taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G
In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country
emphasis You use actual to contrast the important aspect of something with a less important aspect. She had compiled pages of notes, but she had not yet gotten down to doing the actual writing in actual fact: see fact
emphasis You use actual to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine. The segments are filmed using either local actors or the actual people involved Officials admit the actual number of AIDS victims is much higher than statistics reflect. = real