actual

/ˈæktʃuəl/ adjective

Translation

› real, not guessed or imagined

gerçek

We were expecting about fifty people, though the actual number was a lot higher.1751

in actual fact UK › really

hakikaten

It was due to start at ten, but in actual fact, it didn't begin until nearly eleven.1751

(Definition of actual adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

false, not real or not legal

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