Actual1. (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.
2. (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.
3. (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
4. (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
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