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| actual |
When something is actual, it is real. If you got a toy helicopter for your birthday, nobody would be surprised, but if you got an actual helicopter, people would be very surprised! [2 definitions] |
| ahead of time |
If you do something ahead of time, you do it before some event that is going to happen. Sometimes you have to do something ahead of time so that you can be ready for the actual event when it happens. Sometimes you have to do something ahead of time in order to prevent any problems. |
| assume |
to suppose (something) to be true without knowing the actual facts; take for granted. [1/3 definitions] |
| case1 |
the real facts; what is true or actual. [1/5 definitions] |
| for real |
(informal) real or really; actual or actually. |
| practice |
Practice is the actual doing of something, not the idea of doing that thing. Having an idea of something is different from actually carrying out that idea. [1/7 definitions] |
| right |
A right is something that you have or that you are allowed to do because of a law. For example, men and women have the right to vote because there is a law that says they can. For many people, a right is also something that animals or people should have or be able to do, even if there is no actual law about it. It is something that people believe is simply fair. Many people believe, for example, that animals have a right to be treated with kindness, but in many places there is no law about it. [1/15 definitions] |
| scale3 |
the size of a model or map compared to the actual size of the thing it represents. [1/6 definitions] |
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