| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ac·tu·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k ch - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Existing and not merely potential or possible. See synonyms at real1. 2. Being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current. 3. Based on fact: an actual account of the accident. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, active, from Late Latin  ctulis, from Latin ctus, past participle of agere, to drive, do. See ag- in Appendix I.
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