actual event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactualandevent
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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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event
noun[C]
uk/ɪˈvent/us/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofactualandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofactual event
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Although one's ultimate concern is anactualeventin the future, a sentence like (20a) directly describes a representation of this event.
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Only the date linked the statement to theactualeventcommemorated, which again required knowledge of local history on the part of the viewer.
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This suggests that memory for a vivid image could easily be mistaken for the memory of anactualevent.
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Collapse was predicted when subject to different load conditions about one minute before theactualevent.
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It was assumed that mental preparation for retirement would begin several years before theactualevent.
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I propose that such expressions relate only indirectly to theactualeventin question.
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Specification, in this context, is the ability to describe an event without using any knowledge of theactualeventitself.
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One hypothesis is that, to the extent that the person believes in the false memory the effects might be similar to those of theactualevent.
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In describing tense, it is usual to focus exclusively on the temporal relation between the actual time of speaking and the full duration of anactualeventoccurrence.
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The important point for now is that -ni is unacceptable unless it marks a goal satisfying the constraints imposed lexically by the verb itself, independent of theactualevent.
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But let us now look at the security situation in respect of oneactualeventand one hypothetical event.
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It will be necessary to review the considerations of that scheme when we come a little nearer to theactualevent.
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I can assure him, with some small experience, that theactualeventis quite different.
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It does not matter from that point of view whether theactualeventwas contributed to by the man who suffered or not.
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Similarly, any intelligent guess seems, curiously, to be the forerunner of anactualevent.
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Surely it is different to depict violence in television news when it is anactualevent, albeit portrayed, we hope, responsibly.
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