Talk:actual

False friends
Some false friends of the English term actual: and their related terms, probably not for the mainspace:
 * Czech
 * aktuální — up-to-date
 * aktualizovat — to update
 * German
 * aktualisieren — to update
 * aktuell
 * Swedish
 * aktuell

Please feel free entend and update this list here, thereby modifying my post. --Dan Polansky 08:19, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Dated vs. Obsolete
The third definition is currently preceded with the (dated) tag, which couldn’t be more vague. (There is no mention anywhere as to how long ago that meaning ceased to be widespread.) Then, the first usage note states that using this word in that sense is ‘nonstandard English’. Therefore, shouldn’t that definition be preceded with the (obsolete) tag instead of (dated)? 24.202.251.80 11:50, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

existing now
existing or occurring at the moment The actual total was much higher than we had expected Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 existing now; present; current: The ship's actual position is 22 miles due east of Miami Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:40, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Active
actually reads "Actively: Neither actually […] nor passively. — Fuller". Shouldn't actual first show the meaning active? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:02, 8 September 2019 (UTC)