different between actual vs hypostatize
actual
English
Etymology
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actu?lis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æk(t)?(?w)?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ak(t)?j(?)?l/
- (dated, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?aktj(?)?l/
Adjective
actual (not comparable)
- (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical [from 14th c.]
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, First Folio 1623, V.1:
- In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?
- 1946, The American Ecclesiastical Review, vol. 114:
- Apparently, the holy Doctor was referring to actual, rather than original, sin; yet the basis of his argument for Mary's holiness, the divine maternity, would logically lead to the conclusion that she was free from original sin also.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, First Folio 1623, V.1:
- Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]
- Synonym: real
- Antonyms: potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, nominal, hypothetical, estimated
- (now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 85:
- To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation!
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 85:
- Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very. [from 18th c.]
- Synonym: present
- Antonyms: future, past
Usage notes
- In most Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the cognate of actual means “current”. This meaning has also been used in English since the sixteenth century but is now rare due to a semantic shift.
- The phrase in actual fact has been proscribed by some prescriptivist sources as redundant.
Synonyms
- positive
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
actual (plural actuals)
- an actual, real one; notably:
- (finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
- (military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
- Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over. (The radio operator is requesting to speak to the commander of the unit under the call sign "Bravo Six.")
See also
- certain
- genuine
References
Further reading
- actual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- actual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- acault
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin actu?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?k.tu?al/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ak.tu?al/
Adjective
actual (masculine and feminine plural actuals)
- present, current
- factual
Derived terms
Related terms
- actualitat
Further reading
- “actual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “actual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “actual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “actual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin actu?lis.
Adverb
actual m or f (plural actuais)
- current, present
- factual, real, actual
Derived terms
Related terms
- actualidade
Further reading
- “actual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Adjective
actual
- present, current
- factual
- (philosophy) actual, real
Related terms
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman actuel and Late Latin ?ctu?lis; equivalent to act +? -al.
Alternative forms
- actuale, actualle, actuelle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aktiu??a?l/, /?aktiu?al/, /aktiu????l/, /?aktiu??l/
Adjective
actual
- actual, real, true
- (philosophy, theology) active
Derived terms
- actualy
Descendants
- English: actual
- Scots: actual
References
- “act???l, -??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- actuau (Gascon)
Etymology
From Latin actu?lis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
actual m (feminine singular actuala, masculine plural actuals, feminine plural actualas)
- current
Derived terms
- actualament
Related terms
- actualitat
Portuguese
Adjective
actual m or f (plural actuais, comparable)
- Superseded spelling of atual.
Romanian
Etymology
From French actuel, from Latin actualis.
Adjective
actual m or n (feminine singular actual?, masculine plural actuali, feminine and neuter plural actuale)
- present-day
Declension
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ak(t)w?l/
Adjective
actual (comparative mair actual, superlative maist actual)
- actual
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin actu?lis. Cognate with English actual although a false friend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??twal/, [a???t?wal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
actual (plural actuales)
- present, current
- factual
- (philosophy) actual, real
- present-day
Usage notes
- Actual is a false friend, and does not mean the same as the English word actual. Spanish equivalents are shown above, in the "Translations" section of the English entry actual.
Derived terms
Related terms
- actualidad
Prepositional phrase
actual m (plural actuales)
- (preceded by del) Of the current month, year, etc.
- Synonyms: corriente, presente
See also
- Appendix:False friends between English and Spanish
Further reading
- “actual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
- culata
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hypostatize
English
Alternative forms
- hypostatise
Verb
hypostatize (third-person singular simple present hypostatizes, present participle hypostatizing, simple past and past participle hypostatized)
- (transitive) To make into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
- 1892, Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific and Pseudo-scientific Realism
- On the other hand, there were a few who could see no objective reality in anything but individuals, and looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals.
- 1892, Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific and Pseudo-scientific Realism
- (transitive) To attribute actual or personal existence to.
- February 2005, Cardozo Law Review
- Progressives are wrong to hypostatize their belief in mankind's eternal advance, and to disavow anything that does not fit this preordained vision.
- , 2011, Paul Evdokimov, Orthodoxy
- Roman Christianity is characterized by filial love and obedience expressed towards the fatherly authority hypostatized in the first Person of the Trinity....
- February 2005, Cardozo Law Review
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