How to pronounce “actual”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical [from 14th c.]
• Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]
• (now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]
• Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very. [from 18th c.]
• [Noun]
• an actual, real one; notably:
• (uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.

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