How to pronounce actual
Listen to actual in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“actual” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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actual v unlawfully targeted with threats of violence and actual violence of violence and actual violence
Dept of Justice · watch from 15:10 · hear it here
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actual delivery >> >> here.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 74:08 · hear it here
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actual completed suicides?
NIH · watch from 77:35 · hear it here
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involved an actual child.
NIST · watch from 13:43 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of actual. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.