Definition of actual

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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..

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Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis..
Virtually :: Virtually (adv.) In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space..
Ocularly :: Ocularly (adv.) By the eye, or by actual sight..
True :: True (n.) Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts..
Presential :: Presential (a.) Implying actual presence; present, immediate..
Process :: Process (n.) A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature..
Contiguous :: Contiguous (a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining..
Reality :: Reality (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea..
Hypostatize :: Hypostatize (v. t.) To attribute actual or personal existence to.
Type :: Type (n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived..
Beau Ideal :: Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model..
Elect :: Elect (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect..
Ostensible :: Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim..
Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
Ideate :: Ideate (n.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
Anthropography :: Anthropography (n.) That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations..
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