Definition of actual Actual

/æˈkʧʌwʌl/ - [akchuwul] - ac•tu•al

We found 24 definitions of actual from 6 different sources.

What does actual mean?

WordNet

Adjective actual, actualer, actualest
actual - presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
		existent
		possible, potential capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"
actual - existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
		factual
		existent, real having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"
actual - 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"
		genuine, literal, real
		true accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"
actual - taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
		existent, real having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"
actual - being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
		current occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

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Wiktionary

actual (Noun)
An actual, real one; notably.
actual (Noun)
Something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
actual (Noun)
A radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
actual (Adjective)
Existing in act or reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
actual (Adjective)
Factual, real, not just apparent or even false.
actual (Adjective)
In action at the time being; now existing.
actual (Adjective)
Active, not passive.
actual (Adjective)
Used to emphasise a noun or verb, whether something is real or metaphorical.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

actual (a.)
Involving or comprising action; active.
actual (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.
actual (a.)
In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
actual (n.)
Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

actual
Real and not potential.
actual
Existing in act or fact.
actual
Being or existing at the present moment.
actual
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.
actual
Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

actual
akt′ū-al, adj. real: existing in fact and now, as opp. to an imaginary or past state of things.—v.t. Act′ualise, to make actual: to realise in action.—n. Actual′ity.—adv. Act′ually

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actual, noun, singular of actuals.
actual, adjective, not comparable.

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