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actualise
ac·tu·al·ize
/
ˈæk
tʃu
əˌlaɪz
/
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ak
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uh
-lahyz
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verb (used with object),
ac·tu·al·ized,
ac·tu·al·iz·ing.
to make
actual
or real; turn into action or fact.
Also,
especially British,
ac·tu·al·ise.
Origin:
1800–10;
actual
+
-ize
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actualize
or
actualise
(ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz)
—
vb
1.
to make actual or real
2.
to represent realistically
actualise
or
actualise
—
vb
actuali'zation
or
actualise
—
n
actuali'sation
or
actualise
—
n
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actualize
or
actualise
(ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz)
—
vb
1.
to make actual or real
2.
to represent realistically
actualise
or
actualise
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vb
actuali'zation
or
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actuali'sation
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
actualize
1810, first attested in Coleridge, from
actual
(q.v.) +
-ize
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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