действи́тельный — meaning in English

English meaning

• active adj Engaging in physical movement or exercise regularly.
• actual adj Existing in reality; real, not just imagined or planned.
• available adjective Able to be obtained, used, or accessed.
• concrete noun A hard building material made by mixing cement, water, sand, and gravel, which sets solid.
• effective adj Producing the intended result; actually working.
• factual adj Based on facts rather than opinion or invention.
• legitimate adj Allowed by, or in agreement with, the law.
• real adj Actually existing or happening, rather than imagined, fictional, or invented.
• substantial adjective Large enough in size, amount, or value to be significant.
• valid adj Based on sound reasoning; well-founded and hard to argue against.

Senses

действи́тельный is used for these senses in English:

• active In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
• actual Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]
• actual (now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]
• effective Actually in effect.
• factual Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
• legitimate Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
• real True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• real (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.

active — full definition

1. adj Engaging in physical movement or exercise regularly.
2. adj Currently functioning, in use, or in progress.
3. adj Grammar: describing a sentence structure where the subject performs the action, as opposed to the passive voice.

actual — full definition

1. adj Existing in reality; real, not just imagined or planned.
2. adj Used to emphasize the specific thing being referred to.

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