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DE FACTO

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• DE FACTO (adjective)
The adjective DE FACTO has 1 sense:

1. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not

Familiarity information: DE FACTO used as an adjective is very rare.

• DE FACTO (adverb)
The adverb DE FACTO has 1 sense:

1. in reality or fact

Familiarity information: DE FACTO used as an adverb is very rare.

• DE FACTO (adjective)

Sense 1

de facto ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not

Synonyms:

de facto; factual; actual

Context examples:

de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law / a de facto state of war

Antonym:

de jure (by right; according to law)

• DE FACTO (adverb)

Sense 1

de facto ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

In reality or fact

Context example:

the result was, de facto, a one-party system

"Talk the hind legs off a donkey."
(English proverb)
"The word of the old, and the gun of the young."
(Albanian proverb)
"The world agrees in one word, time is golden."
(Armenian proverb)
"Dogs don't eat dogs."
(Czech proverb)

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