actual

1. a. Involving or comprising action; active. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. a. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Source: opted

4. n. Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. Source: opted

5. adj. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible Source: wordnet

6. adj. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated Source: wordnet

7. adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something Source: wordnet

8. adj. existing in act or fact Source: wordnet

9. adj. being or existing at the present moment Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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