Phrase guide

as a matter of fact

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Actually, in fact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: adverbial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in reality or actuality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived
  • painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated
  • as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in fact, in point of fact

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي الْحَقِيقَة (fī l-ḥaqīqa) — actually
  • Bashkir: ысынлап та (ısınlap ta) — actually
  • Catalan: de fet — actually
  • Catalan: en realitat — actually
  • Chinese Mandarin: 事實上 /事实上 (shìshíshàng) — actually
  • Chinese Mandarin: 其實 /其实 (qíshí) — actually
  • Chinese Mandarin: 實際上 /实际上 (shíjìshàng) — actually
  • Danish: faktisk — actually
  • Dutch: eigenlijk — actually
  • Dutch: in werkelijkheid — actually
  • Esperanto: fakte — actually
  • Finnish: itse asiassa — actually
  • French: en fait — actually
  • French: à vrai dire — actually
  • French: en vérité — actually
  • French: en réalité — actually
  • Georgian: სიმანდვილეში (simandvileši) — actually
  • Georgian: ფაქტობრივად (pakṭobrivad) — actually
  • German: tatsächlich — actually
  • German: in Wirklichkeit — actually
  • German: eigentlich — actually
  • German: genauer gesagt — actually
  • German: sogar — actually
  • German: in Wahrheit — actually
  • Greek: εδώ που τα λέμε (edó pou ta léme) — actually
  • Greek: για την ακρίβεια (gia tin akríveia) — actually
  • Hungarian: valójában — actually
  • Hungarian: ami azt illeti — actually
  • Icelandic: reyndar — actually
  • Icelandic: frómt frá sagt — actually
  • Icelandic: í raun og veru — actually
  • Indonesian: sebenarnya — actually
  • Irish: déanta na fírinne — actually
  • Italian: difatti — actually
  • Italian: in realtà — actually
  • Japanese: 実は (jitsu-wa) — actually
  • Japanese: 実際には (jissai-niwa) — actually
  • Korean: 사실은 (sasireun) — actually
  • Korean: 사실상 (sasilsang) — actually
  • Polish: właściwie — actually
  • Polish: w rzeczywistości — actually
  • Portuguese: na verdade — actually
  • Portuguese: na realidade — actually
  • Russian: вообще́-то (voobščé-to) — actually
  • Russian: на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle) — actually
  • Russian: в действи́тельности (v dejstvítelʹnosti) — actually
  • Serbo-Croatian: ustvari — actually
  • Serbo-Croatian: zapravo — actually
  • Slovak: pravdupovediac — actually
  • Slovak: vlastne — actually
  • Spanish: por cierto — actually
  • Spanish: sin ir más lejos — actually
  • Spanish: de hecho — actually
  • Spanish: a decir verdad — actually
  • Spanish: en verdad — actually
  • Spanish: como cuestión de hecho — actually
  • Spanish: como una cuestión de hecho — actually
  • Swedish: faktum är att — actually
  • Ukrainian: наспра́вді (nasprávdi) — actually
  • Yiddish: אייגנטלעך (eygntlekh) — actually