Hypertext Webster Gateway: "actual"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Actual \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Actual \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
actual
adj 1: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
temperature were markedly different"; "actual and
imagined conditions" [syn: {existent}] [ant: {potential}]
2: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw
the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual
beating"
3: 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" [syn: {genuine},
{literal}, {real}]
4: 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" [syn: {factual}]
5: 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" [syn: {de facto}, {factual}]
[ant: {de jure}]
6: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual
position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
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