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de facto
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective de facto has 1 sense
- de facto(a = adj.all) Array - existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war" Antonym: de jure
Adverbial de facto has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
de facto, adv., adj., & n.
--adv. in fact, whether by right or not.
--adj. that exists or is such in fact (a de facto ruler).
--n. (in full de facto wife or husband) a person living with another as if married.
--adv. in fact, whether by right or not.
--adj. that exists or is such in fact (a de facto ruler).
--n. (in full de facto wife or husband) a person living with another as if married.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
de facto
absolute, actual, actually, authentic, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, historical, honest-to-God, positive, real, really, substantial, true, truly, undeniable, veritable, veritablyROGET THESAURUS
de facto
Existence
N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.
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