"actual" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈæk(t)ʃ(u)əl/, /ˈæktj(ʊ)əl/ [Received-Pronunciation, dated], /ˈæt͡ʃəl/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-actual.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æktʃuəl, -æktʃəl, -ækʃuəl, -ækʃəl Etymology: From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|actual}} Middle English actual, {{m|enm|actuel|t=active}} actuel (“active”), {{der|en|xno|actuel}} Anglo-Norman actuel, {{m|fro|actual}} actual, {{der|en|LL.|actuālis|t=active, practical}} Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), {{der|en|la|actus|t=act, action, performance}} Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), {{m|la|ago|agere|t=to do; to act}} agere (“to do; to act”), {{m|la|-alis|t=-al}} -alis (“-al”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂éǵeti}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}} *h₂eǵ- Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} actual (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-actual-en-adj-BynSRR2I Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
  2. Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: real Translations (existing in act or reality, not just potentially): حَقِيقِيّ (ḥaqīqiyy) (Arabic), وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) (Arabic), فِعْلِيّ (fiʕliyy) (Arabic), আসল (aśol) (Bengali), বাস্তব (bastob) (Bengali), খোদ (khōd) (Bengali), реа́лен (reálen) (Bulgarian), действи́телен (dejstvítelen) (Bulgarian), real (Catalan), 實際的 (Chinese Mandarin), 实际的 (shíjì de) (Chinese Mandarin), skutečný (Czech), werkelijk (Dutch), daadwerkelijk (Dutch), effectief (Dutch), reëel (Dutch), reala (Esperanto), todellinen (Finnish), tosiasiallinen (Finnish), réel (French), effectif (French), ნამდვილი (namdvili) (Georgian), tatsächlich (German), konkret (German), πραγματικός (pragmatikós) (Greek), ainihin (Hausa), valóságos (Hungarian), fennálló (Hungarian), tényleges (Hungarian), real (Interlingua), effective (Interlingua), ver (Interlingua), reale (Italian), effettivo (Italian), 実際の (jissai no) (alt: じっさいの) (Japanese), 現実の (genjitsu no) (alt: げんじつの) (Japanese), tinana (Maori), actual (Middle English), faktisk (Norwegian), reell (Norwegian), virkelig (Norwegian), real (Portuguese), efectivo (Portuguese), реа́льный (reálʹnyj) (Russian), действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (Russian), cinnteach (Scottish Gaelic), real (Spanish), existente (Spanish), verdadero (Spanish), efectivo (Spanish), faktisk (Swedish), verklig (Swedish), reell (Swedish), gerçek (Turkish), ді́йсний (díjsnyj) (Ukrainian), спра́вжній (správžnij) (Ukrainian), thật (Vietnamese), thật sự (Vietnamese), thực tế (Vietnamese), có thật (Vietnamese), פֿאַקטיש (faktish) (Yiddish), רעאַל (real) (Yiddish) Translations (factual, real, not just apparent or even false): факты́чны (faktýčny) (Belarusian), реа́лен (reálen) (Bulgarian), echt (Dutch), reëel (Dutch), werkelijk (Dutch), fakta (Esperanto), vera (Esperanto), todellinen (Finnish), ფაქტობრივი (pakṭobrivi) (Georgian), tényleges (Hungarian), valódi (Hungarian), igazi (Hungarian), valóságos (Hungarian), concreto (Italian), vērus (Latin), tinana (Maori), actual (Middle English), właściwy (Polish), prawdziwy (Polish), и́стинный (ístinnyj) (Russian), по́длинный (pódlinnyj) (Russian), факти́ческий (faktíčeskij) (Russian), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (Russian), cinnteach (Scottish Gaelic), hakiki (Turkish), спра́вжній (správžnij) (Ukrainian), факти́чний (faktýčnyj) (Ukrainian), פֿאַקטיש (faktish) (Yiddish), באמתדיק (beémesdik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-actual-en-adj-o5mh9uCX Disambiguation of 'existing in act or reality, not just potentially': 3 76 18 3 Disambiguation of 'factual, real, not just apparent or even false': 4 77 13 5
  3. (now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: present Translations (in action at the time being): حَاضِر (ḥāḍir) (Arabic), رَاهِن (rāhin) (Arabic), сегашен (segašen) (Bulgarian), актуа́лен (aktuálen) (Bulgarian), real (Catalan), 現實的 (Chinese Mandarin), 现实的 (xiànshí de) (Chinese Mandarin), actueel (Dutch), huidig (Dutch), nuna (Esperanto), aktuala (Esperanto), efektiva (Esperanto), kuranta (Esperanto), nykyinen (Finnish), tämänhetkinen (Finnish), ajankohtainen (Finnish), მიმდინარე (mimdinare) (Georgian), gegenwärtig (German), aktuell (German), jelenlegi (Hungarian), aktuális (Hungarian), actual (Interlingua), real (Interlingua), existente (Interlingua), esistente (Italian), attuale (Italian), corrente (Italian), actual (Middle English), aktualny (Polish), actual (Portuguese), real (Portuguese), теку́щий (tekúščij) (Russian), действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (Russian), ны́нешний (nýnešnij) [common] (Russian), actual (Spanish), real (Spanish), befintlig (Swedish), rådande (Swedish), aktuell (Swedish), güncel (Turkish), aktüel (Turkish), şimdiki (Turkish), пото́чний (potóčnyj) (Ukrainian), актуа́льний (aktuálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), факти́чний (faktýčnyj) (Ukrainian), ді́йсний (díjsnyj) (Ukrainian), hiện tại (Vietnamese), hiện thời (Vietnamese), hiện nay (Vietnamese), đúng thời (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-actual-en-adj-wBAN-zwT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 37 5 5 13 18 Disambiguation of 'in action at the time being': 1 9 89 2
  4. Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-actual-en-adj-2-miZXwW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: positive Related terms: activity, actor, actuary Translations (emphasise a noun): действи́телен (dejstvítelen) (Bulgarian), eigenlijk (Dutch), feitelijk (Dutch), suoranainen (Finnish), tatsächlich (German), presente (Italian), em si (Portuguese), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (Russian), esas (Turkish), asıl (Turkish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈæk(t)ʃ(u)əl/, /ˈæktj(ʊ)əl/ [Received-Pronunciation, dated], /ˈæt͡ʃəl/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-actual.ogg [US] Forms: actuals [plural]
Rhymes: -æktʃuəl, -æktʃəl, -ækʃuəl, -ækʃəl Etymology: From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|actual}} Middle English actual, {{m|enm|actuel|t=active}} actuel (“active”), {{der|en|xno|actuel}} Anglo-Norman actuel, {{m|fro|actual}} actual, {{der|en|LL.|actuālis|t=active, practical}} Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), {{der|en|la|actus|t=act, action, performance}} Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), {{m|la|ago|agere|t=to do; to act}} agere (“to do; to act”), {{m|la|-alis|t=-al}} -alis (“-al”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂éǵeti}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}} *h₂eǵ- Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} actual (countable and uncountable, plural actuals)
  1. an actual, real one; notably:
    (finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-actual-en-noun-JYUn-cyR Topics: business, finance
  2. an actual, real one; notably:
    (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.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-actual-en-noun-r8WlZNy2 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-actual-en-noun-p-fp2kMe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: certain, genuine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is […] by a special prayer or action, […] given to God.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18",
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          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
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          "word": "আসল"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bastob",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "বাস্তব"
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "khōd",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "খোদ"
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          "word": "реа́лен"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shíjì de",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
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          "word": "skutečný"
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          "word": "werkelijk"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "daadwerkelijk"
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          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "effectief"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "reëel"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "reala"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "todellinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "tosiasiallinen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "réel"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "effectif"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "namdvili",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "ნამდვილი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "tatsächlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "konkret"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pragmatikós",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "πραγματικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "ainihin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "valóságos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "fennálló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "tényleges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "effective"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "ver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "reale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "effettivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "alt": "じっさいの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jissai no",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "実際の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "alt": "げんじつの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genjitsu no",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "現実の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "tinana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "faktisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "reell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "virkelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "efectivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "reálʹnyj",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "реа́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "действи́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščij",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "настоя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "cinnteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "existente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "verdadero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "efectivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "faktisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "verklig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "reell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "gerçek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "díjsnyj",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "ді́йсний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "správžnij",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "спра́вжній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "thật"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "thật sự"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "thực tế"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "có thật"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "faktish",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "פֿאַקטיש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 76 18 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "real",
          "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
          "word": "רעאַל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "faktýčny",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "факты́чны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "reálen",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "реа́лен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "echt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "reëel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "werkelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "fakta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "vera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "todellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pakṭobrivi",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "ფაქტობრივი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "tényleges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "valódi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "igazi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "valóságos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "concreto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "vērus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "tinana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "właściwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "prawdziwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ístinnyj",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "и́стинный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pódlinnyj",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "по́длинный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "faktíčeskij",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "факти́ческий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščij",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "настоя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "cinnteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "hakiki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "správžnij",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "спра́вжній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "faktýčnyj",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "факти́чний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "faktish",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "פֿאַקטיש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 77 13 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "beémesdik",
          "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
          "word": "באמתדיק"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 21 37 5 5 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the revolution in France",
          "text": "If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 85",
          "text": "To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in action at the time being; now existing; current."
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        [
          "now",
          "now"
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        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "present"
        }
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        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥāḍir",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "حَاضِر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rāhin",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "رَاهِن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "segašen",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "сегашен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "aktuálen",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "актуа́лен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "現實的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiànshí de",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "现实的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "actueel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "huidig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "nuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktuala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "efektiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "kuranta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "nykyinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "tämänhetkinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "ajankohtainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mimdinare",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "მიმდინარე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "gegenwärtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktuell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "jelenlegi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktuális"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "existente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "esistente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "attuale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "corrente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktualny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tekúščij",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "теку́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "действи́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščij",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "настоя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nýnešnij",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "tags": [
            "common"
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          "word": "ны́нешний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "actual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "real"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "befintlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "rådande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktuell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "güncel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 9 89 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in action at the time being",
          "word": "aktüel"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "şimdiki"
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      "_dis1": "2 20 36 43",
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      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
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    {
      "word": "actual cash value"
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      "word": "actual flying time"
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    {
      "word": "actual malice"
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    {
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    },
    {
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    {
      "word": "actual sin"
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          "ref": "1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1946, The American Ecclesiastical Review, volume 114",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "act"
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        [
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          "active"
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        "(chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
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        {
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        },
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        },
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18",
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          "ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the revolution in France",
          "text": "If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 85",
          "text": "To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation!",
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        "in action at the time being; now existing; current."
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        "(now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current."
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          "ref": "2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847",
          "text": "[H]ow the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.",
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          "exact"
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          "specific"
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          "very"
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      "ipa": "/ˈæk(t)ʃ(u)əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæktj(ʊ)əl/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "dated"
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      "ipa": "/ˈæt͡ʃəl/",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃuəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-actual.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-actual.ogg/En-us-actual.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-actual.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "positive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaqīqiyy",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "حَقِيقِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāqiʕiyy",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "وَاقِعِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fiʕliyy",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "فِعْلِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "aśol",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "আসল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bastob",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "বাস্তব"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khōd",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "খোদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reálen",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "реа́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelen",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "действи́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "實際的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíjì de",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "实际的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "skutečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "werkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "daadwerkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "effectief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "reëel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "reala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "todellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "tosiasiallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "réel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "effectif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namdvili",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "ნამდვილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "tatsächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "konkret"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pragmatikós",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "πραγματικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "ainihin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "valóságos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "fennálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "tényleges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "effective"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "ver"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "reale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "effettivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じっさいの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jissai no",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "実際の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんじつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genjitsu no",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "現実の"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "tinana"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "faktisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "reell"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "virkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "efectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reálʹnyj",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "реа́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "действи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "cinnteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "existente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "verdadero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "efectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "faktisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "verklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "reell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "gerçek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "díjsnyj",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "ді́йсний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "správžnij",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "спра́вжній"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "thật"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "thật sự"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "thực tế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "có thật"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "faktish",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "פֿאַקטיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "real",
      "sense": "existing in act or reality, not just potentially",
      "word": "רעאַל"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "faktýčny",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "факты́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reálen",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "реа́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "echt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "reëel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "werkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "fakta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "vera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "todellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pakṭobrivi",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "ფაქტობრივი"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "tényleges"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "valódi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "igazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "valóságos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "concreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "vērus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "tinana"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "właściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "prawdziwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ístinnyj",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "и́стинный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pódlinnyj",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "по́длинный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "faktíčeskij",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "факти́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "cinnteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "hakiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "správžnij",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "спра́вжній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "faktýčnyj",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "факти́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "faktish",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "פֿאַקטיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "beémesdik",
      "sense": "factual, real, not just apparent or even false",
      "word": "באמתדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥāḍir",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "حَاضِر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rāhin",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "رَاهِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "segašen",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "сегашен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aktuálen",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "актуа́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "現實的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànshí de",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "现实的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "actueel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "huidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "nuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktuala"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "efektiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "kuranta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "nykyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "tämänhetkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "ajankohtainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mimdinare",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "მიმდინარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "gegenwärtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktuell"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "jelenlegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktuális"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "existente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "esistente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "attuale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "corrente"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktualny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tekúščij",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "теку́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "действи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nýnešnij",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ],
      "word": "ны́нешний"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "actual"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "real"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "befintlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "rådande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktuell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "güncel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "aktüel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "şimdiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potóčnyj",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "пото́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aktuálʹnyj",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "актуа́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "faktýčnyj",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "факти́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "díjsnyj",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "ді́йсний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "hiện tại"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "hiện thời"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "hiện nay"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in action at the time being",
      "word": "đúng thời"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelen",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "действи́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "eigenlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "feitelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "suoranainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "tatsächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "presente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "em si"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "esas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "emphasise a noun",
      "word": "asıl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "actual"
}

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        "business",
        "finance"
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        {
          "text": "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\", as opposed to any available member of the unit.)"
        }
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        "an actual, real one; notably:",
        "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."
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        "(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."
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        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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        "Reality, usually with the definite article."
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        "(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article."
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      "ipa": "/ˈæk(t)ʃ(u)əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæktj(ʊ)əl/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "dated"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæt͡ʃəl/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "rhymes": "-æktʃuəl"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-æktʃəl"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ækʃuəl"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ækʃəl"
    },
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}

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