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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 See Also \| Actual In Webster's Dictionary \Ac"tual\ (#; 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"tual\, 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.

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"

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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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