Actual

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "actual":
     absolute, admitting no question, as is, ascertained, attested,
     authentic, authenticated, being, bona fide, categorically true,
     certain, certified, commonplace, concrete, confirmable, confirmed,
     contemporaneous, contemporary, corroborated, current, de facto,
     demonstrable, demonstratable, demonstrated, determined,
     documentary, effectual, established, everyday, existent, existing,
     extant, factual, for real, fresh, genuine, hard, historical,
     honest-to-God, immanent, immediate, inappealable, incontestable,
     incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, instant, irrefragable,
     irrefutable, latest, legitimate, manifest, material, modern, new,
     not in error, objective, objectively true, ordinary, phenomenal,
     physical, positive, present, present-age, present-day,
     present-time, provable, proved, real, realistic, realized, routine,
     running, self-evident, solid, substantial, substantiated,
     sure-enough, tangible, testable, that be, that is, topical, true,
     true as gospel, true to life, truthful, unanswerable, unconfutable,
     unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous,
     unfallacious, unfalse, unimpeachable, unmistaken, unquestionable,
     unrefutable, unrefuted, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, usual,
     validated, veracious, veridical, verifiable, verified, veritable
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ACTUAL. Real; actual.
       2. Actual notice. One which has been expressly given by which knowledge
  of a fact has been brought home to a party directly ; it is opposed to
  constructive notice.
       3. Actual admissions. Those which are expressly made; they are plenary
  or partial. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4405.
       4. An actual escape takes place when a prisoner in fact gets out of
  prison, and unlawfully regains his liberty. Vide Escape.