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Actual

Actual Meaning & Definition
Actual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Actual?

[adj] presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
[adj] being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
[adj] existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"
[adj] taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
[adj] of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
[adj] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Actual: actualised | actualized | current | de facto | effective | existent | factual | genuine | literal | real | true | very(a)

Related Terms | Find terms related to Actual: absolute | admitting no question | as is | ascertained | attested | authentic | authenticated | being | bona fide | categorically true | certain | certified | commonplace | concrete | confirmable | confirmed | contemporaneous | contemporary | corroborated | current | de facto | demonstrable | demonstratable | demonstrated | determined | documentary | effectual | established | everyday | existent | existing | extant | factual | for real | fresh | genuine | hard | historical | honest-to-God | immanent | immediate | inappealable | incontestable | incontrovertible | indisputable | indubitable | instant | irrefragable | irrefutable | latest | legitimate | manifest | material | modern | new | not in error | objective | objectively true | ordinary | phenomenal | physical | positive | present | present-age | present-day | present-time | provable | proved | real | realistic | realized | routine | running | self-evident | solid | substantial | substantiated | sure-enough | tangible | testable | that be | that is | topical | true | true as gospel | true to life | truthful | unanswerable | unconfutable | unconfuted | undeniable | undenied | undoubted | unerroneous | unfallacious | unfalse | unimpeachable | unmistaken | unquestionable | unrefutable | unrefuted | up-to-date | up-to-the-minute | usual | validated | veracious | veridical | verifiable | verified | veritable

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Actual In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible}, {virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or {nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. {Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to ``original sin.'' Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}.
\Ac"tu*al\, n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [Cant] The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, ``actuals,'' but only Egyptian budget estimates. --Fortnightly Review.

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