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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;
- Example: "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
- Example: "actual and imagined conditions"
[syn: actual, existent]

2. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated;
- Example: "we saw the actual wedding on television"
- Example: "filmed the actual beating"

3. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
- Example: "her actual motive"
- Example: "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton
- Example: "a genuine dilemma"
[syn: actual, genuine, literal, real]

4. existing in act or fact;
- Example: "rocks and trees...the actual world"
- Example: "actual heroism"
- Example: "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
[syn: actual, factual]

5. being or existing at the present moment;
- Example: "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Actual \Ac"tu*al\, n. (Finance)
   Something actually received; real, as distinct from
   estimated, receipts. [Cant]
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         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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L.
   actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
   1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]
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            Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak.
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            Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is
            . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to
            God.                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   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.
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   3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the
      actual situation of the country.
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   Actual cautery. See under Cautery.

   Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by
      ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."
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   Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: actual, existent] [ant:
           possible, 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: actual,
       genuine, literal, real]
    4: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual
       world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced
       the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual, factual]
    5: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual
       position is 22 miles due south of Key West"