- Existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed
- - the estimate was much less than the actual cost
- - those were his actual words
- Used to emphasize the important aspect of something
- - the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content?
- Existing now; current
- - using actual income to measure expected income
· presently
existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted
temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different";
"actual and imagined conditions"
· 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; "her actual
motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton;
"a genuine dilemma"
· existing in
act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual
heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced".
