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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesactualité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aktualite
"L'actualité de la situation est préoccupante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being actual or real.
"The actuality of the situation became clear after the investigation." - 2
A fact or reality.
"In actuality, the project was more complex than initially thought."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin actualitas, stemming from classical Latin actualis, based on actus (a doing or driving). It entered Middle French as actualité in the medieval era before transitioning into English in the late 15th century, shifting in meaning from philosophical potential realized to concrete, objective reality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Actuality" is said worldwide
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actualité
Transliteration: aktualite
"L'actualité de la situation est préoccupante."
Tatsächlichkeit
Transliteration: tatsächlichkeit
"Die Tatsächlichkeit der Situation wurde schnell klar."
attualità
Transliteration: attualita
"L'attualità della questione è stata discussa."
actualidad
Transliteration: aktualidad
"La actualidad del tema es muy relevante."
atualidade
Transliteration: atualidade
"A atualidade do assunto é discutida frequentemente."
वास्तविकता
Transliteration: vastavikta
"स्थिति की वास्तविकता स्पष्ट हो गई।"
现实
Transliteration: xiànshí
"情况的现实变得清晰。"
실제
Transliteration: silje
"상황의 실제가 명확해졌다."
現実
Transliteration: genjitsu
"状況の現実が明らかになった。"
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