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11actual — ► ADJECTIVE 1) existing in fact. 2) existing now; current: actual income. ORIGIN Latin actualis, from actus event, thing done …
12actual — [ak′cho͞o əl, ak′sho͞oəl; ] often [, ak′chəl, ak′shəl] adj. [ME < LL actualis, active, practical < L actus: see ACT1] 1. existing in reality or in fact; not merely possible, but real; as it really is [the actual cost of the dam] 2. existing …
13Actual — Ac tu*al, n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [Cant] [1913 Webster] The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, actuals, but only Egyptian budget… …
14actual — (adj.) early 14c., pertaining to an action, from O.Fr. actuel now existing, up to date (13c.), from L.L. actualis active, pertaining to action, adjectival form of L. actus (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)). The broader sense of real, existing (as opposed… …
15actual — |ât| adj. 2 g. Que está em atividade ou exercício; do tempo presente. ♦ [Portugal] Grafia de atual antes do Acordo Ortográfico de 1990. ♦ Grafia no Brasil: atual …
16actual — *real, true Analogous words: *material, physical, phenomenal, objective: particular (see SPECIAL) Antonyms: ideal: imaginary Contrasted words: *abstract, transcendent, transcendental: spiritual, divine (see HOLY): *theoretical, speculative,… …
17actual */*/*/ — UK [ˈæktʃuəl] / US adjective Get it right: actual: Don t confuse actual with current or present. Actual is not used for referring to things that are happening now or that exist now. Use current or present to express these ideas: Wrong: The actual …
18actual — Real; substantial; existing presently in fact; having a valid objective existence as opposed to that which is merely theoretical or possible. Opposed to potential, possible, virtual, theoretical, hypothetical, or nominal. Something real, in… …
19actual — Real; substantial; existing presently in fact; having a valid objective existence as opposed to that which is merely theoretical or possible. Opposed to potential, possible, virtual, theoretical, hypothetical, or nominal. Something real, in… …
20actual — ► adjetivo 1 Que pertenece al momento presente: ■ tendencias pictóricas actuales. SINÓNIMO coetáneo 2 Que es contemporáneo e innovador: ■ una decoración actual; un grafismo actual. SINÓNIMO moderno 3 FILOSOFÍA Que es efectivo o real. 4 …
