Definitions of actual

1. Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

2. ACTUALITY.

3. Something actual or real. " Not... actuals, but only Egyptian budget estimates."- Fort. Rev.

4. Something real.

5. ACTUALLY.

6. 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"

7. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; " de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; " a de facto state of war"

8. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; " we saw the actual wedding on television"; " filmed the actual beating"

9. Involving or comprising action; active.

10. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

11. 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.

12. Existing in fact; real as opposed to merely possible; present.

13. Real: existing in fact and now, as opp. to an imaginary or past state of things.

14. Real; existing.

15. Existing in fact; real.

16. Real; existing in act or fact; existing at present.