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Existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed,
  1. 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
  2. Used to emphasize the important aspect of something
    • - the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content?
  3. Existing now; current
    • - using actual income to measure expected income
  1. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
  2. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
  3. 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"
  4. existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
  5. being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
  6. (actuality) the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
  7. The Actual were a four piece alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California. They were signed to Eyeball Records and released one album for the label before signing with Scott Weiland's label Softdrive Records. ...
  8. The Actual is a 1997 novel by the American author Saul Bellow.
  9. Actually is the third album, the second of entirely new music, by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1987. This album is also the group's third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. ...
  10. (Actuals) In philosophy, Potentiality and ActualityThe words "potentiality" and "actuality" are one set of translations from the original Greek terms of Aristotle. Other translations (including Latin) and alternative Greek terms are sometimes used in scholarly work on the subject. ...
  11. An actual, real one; notably: (finance) Something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones. ...
  12. (actually) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively
  13. (actuals) Term used in project management to describe things that have actually happened rather than just planned to happen
  14. (Actuality) A clip of audio usually taken from an interview, news conference, etc. and used in a news story. Length may vary, but in general, actualities are five to fifteen seconds. However, that number varies.
  15. (A. Actuality) In Table 2.2 I list 11 theoretical dimensions along which social contracts vary, and have organized them into four general types.^24 To begin with, social contracts may be informal, as are unwritten understandings between friends or allies; or they may be formal, as with treaties. ...
  16. (Actuality) A news report from the scene. It includes ambient or natural sound and may feature statements by an on-scene reporter, witness/participant comments, an interview with a knowledgeable source, etc.
  17. (Actuality) A term historically used in broadcasting that is now referred to as a sound byte.
  18. (Actuality) Actual recording of news event or person(s) involved.
  19. (Actuality) Film record of actual events, made without use of actors and without reconstructing or interfering with the action in any way.
  20. (Actuality) Pictures and/or sound recorded at an event.
  21. (Actuality) Term coined to describe the earliest films created based on their presentation of actual events; short precursors to the documentary film.
  22. (Actuality) can be any sound recorded when filming, although it usually refers to significant background sound such as a train whistle.
  23. (Actuality) n. A term coined by the late and world-famous psychologist Erik Erikson (who found out when he was 20 that he was adopted) Erikson believed that if you grew up not knowing your blood family you could not have a sense of actuality. ...
  24. (Actuality) recordings of background sounds specific to, or characteristic of, a particular mood, time or place, that can be edited into an audio or video piece; for example, crowd noise if you are covering a rally or birdsong if you are making a piece set in a natural environment.
  25. (actuality (entelecheia)) This is an Aristotelian coinage, derived from en "in", telos "end", and echein "have". So, the sense is something like "possessing the goal". It is often equivalent to energeia.