actual+existence

  • 11actual, real, virtual — Actual and real are related in meaning ( existing in fact, not imaginary ), but they may be distinguished. Actual places emphasis upon coming into a sphere of fact or action and applies to facts as they now are or have become. Real expresses… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 12Existence (Philosophy of) 3 — Philosophy of existence 3 Merleau Ponty Bernard Cullen à Henri Godin LIFE AND WORKS Maurice Merleau Ponty was born on 14 March 1908 into a petty bourgeois Catholic family in Rochefort sur Mer on the west coast of France. When he died suddenly, at …

    History of philosophy

  • 13actual — 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… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14actual — 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… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15existence — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. obsolete reality as opposed to appearance b. reality as presented in experience c. (1) the totality of existent things (2) a particular being < all the fair existences of heaven John Keats > d. sentient or li …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16existence — Synonyms and related words: accessibility, actual presence, actuality, an existence, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, availability, being, being alive, being here, being there, birth, body, continuance, continuation, creature,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17actual — adj. Actual is used with these nouns: ↑combat, ↑existence, ↑expenditure, ↑extent, ↑implementation, ↑improvement, ↑incidence, ↑incident, ↑malice, ↑mechanics, ↑merit, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18actual — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. real, veritable, true, genuine; concrete, factual. See existence, present, truth.Ant., fictitious, spurious. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [True] Syn. original, real, exact; see genuine 1 . 2.&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19actual bias — The existence of a state of mind, on the part of a juror, which leads to a just inference in reference to the case that he will not act with entire impartiality. Literally, it is a leaning of the mind a prepossession, something more than sympathy …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 20actual necessity — The existence of a genuine necessity, the most common use of the term being in reference to a taking of property under the power of eminent domain. See 26 Am J2d Ern D §§ 111 et seq …

    Ballentine's law dictionary