Thesaurus: actual

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1. a. Involving or comprising action; active.
2. a. 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. a. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
4. n. Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
5. adj. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
6. adj. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
7. adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
8. adj. existing in act or fact
9. adj. being or existing at the present moment
10. 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, coceivable, 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. 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.
11. 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.
12. j:100 a. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible s. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated s. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something s. existing in act or fact