actual
Meanings
Plural: actuals
Adjective
- presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
- "actual and imagined conditions"
Adjective Satellite
- taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
- "we saw the actual wedding on television"
- "filmed the actual beating"
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; ; - G.K.Chesterton
- "her actual motive"
- existing in act or fact
- "rocks and trees...the actual world"
- "actual heroism"
- "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
- being or existing at the present moment
- "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
Adj
- relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
- Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
- in action at the time being; now existing; current.
- Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
Noun
- an actual, real one; notably:
- something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
- an actual, real one; notably:
- 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.
- Reality, usually with the definite article.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-.
Antonyms
conceivable, estimated, hypothetical, nominal, possible, potential, speculative, theoretical, virtual
Scrabble Score: 8
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