Associations to the word «Actual»

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. (dated) In action at the time being; now existing; current.

ACTUAL, adjective. (obsolete) Active, not passive.

ACTUAL, adjective. Used to emphasise a noun or verb, whether something is real or metaphorical.

ACTUAL, noun. An actual, real one; notably:

ACTUAL, noun. (finance) Something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.

ACTUAL, noun. (military) 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 BODILY HARM, noun. (British) (legal) Hurt or injury which interferes with the health or comfort of the victim and which is more than transient or trifling.

ACTUAL MALICE, noun. (legal) In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it.

ACTUAL OCCASIONS, noun. The final real things in the universe, that are "experiential" in nature rather than strictly material. The most basic thing or construct in the universe. Some Whitehead scholars would hold that trillions of Actual Occasions comprise one quark. Actual occasions make up everything, even empty space:

ACTUAL PARAMETER, noun. (programming) A value supplied to a method or function, as opposed to a formal parameter.

ACTUAL SIN, noun. (theology) Sin committed by an individual, in contradistinction to original sin.

ACTUAL, 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".

ACTUAL, adjective. Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating".

ACTUAL, adjective. 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".

ACTUAL, adjective. Existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced".

ACTUAL, adjective. Being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West".