different between actual vs veritable
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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veritable
English
Etymology
From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?.??.t?.bl/
Adjective
veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)
- True; genuine.
- Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is not possible," Gallinek observes: It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
- He is a veritable genius.
- A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).
Related terms
Anagrams
- avertible, rivetable
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin veritabilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /v?.?i?ta.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /b?.?i?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ve.?i?ta.ble/
Adjective
veritable (masculine and feminine plural veritables)
- real; true; veritable
- Synonyms: vertader, autèntic, real, legítim
Derived terms
- veritablement
Further reading
- “veritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “veritable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “veritable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “veritable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French veritable.
Adjective
veritable m or f (plural veritables)
- true; real; not fake
Descendants
- ? English: veritable
- French: véritable
Old French
Etymology
From Latin veritabilis.
Adjective
veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)
- true; real; not fake
Descendants
- Middle French: veritable
- ? English: veritable
- French: véritable
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