prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Resulting from the actions of parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
in fact
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈfækt/
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prep_phrase
Meaning 2
Actually; in truth; de facto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: modal
Examples
- People think he's rich, but in fact he's nearly penniless.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: as a matter of fact, in actuality
Antonyms: none provided
prep_phrase
Meaning 3
Moreover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I don't have the time or patience to deal with him. In fact, I barely even have time for being here at all.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: as a matter of fact
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
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 point of fact, as a matter of fact
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From fact (“deed, action”) (now obsolete, except in law). Perhaps ultimately a calque of French en fait.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فِي الْحَقِيقَة (fī l-ḥaqīqa) — actually, in truth
- Aragonese: de feito — actually, in truth
- Armenian: իրականում (irakanum) — actually, in truth
- Asturian: de fechu — actually, in truth
- Bulgarian: в действителност (v dejstvitelnost) — actually, in truth
- Catalan: de fet — actually, in truth
- Catalan: en realitat — actually, in truth
- Chinese Mandarin: 事實上 /事实上 (shìshíshàng) — actually, in truth
- Chinese Mandarin: 其實 /其实 (qíshí) — actually, in truth
- Czech: ve skutečnosti — actually, in truth
- Dutch: feitelijk — actually, in truth
- Dutch: in feite — actually, in truth
- Esperanto: fakte — actually, in truth
- Finnish: tosiasiassa — actually, in truth
- Finnish: tosiasiallisesti — actually, in truth
- Finnish: itse asiassa — actually, in truth
- Finnish: oikeastaan — actually, in truth
- French: en fait — actually, in truth
- Galician: de feito — actually, in truth
- Georgian: ფაქტობრივად (pakṭobrivad) — actually, in truth
- Georgian: ფაქტიურად (pakṭiurad) — actually, in truth
- Georgian: სინამდვილეში (sinamdvileši) — actually, in truth
- Georgian: ნამდვილად (namdvilad) — actually, in truth
- Georgian: რეალურად (realurad) — actually, in truth
- German: tatsächlich — actually, in truth
- German: in Wirklichkeit — actually, in truth
- German: eigentlich — actually, in truth
- Greek: στην πραγματικότητα (stin pragmatikótita) — actually, in truth
- Greek: όντως (óntos) — actually, in truth
- Greek: πράγματι (prágmati) — actually, in truth
- Ancient Greek: ἀληθῶς (alēthôs) — actually, in truth
- Ancient Greek: τῷ ὄντι (tōî ónti) — actually, in truth
- Hebrew: בְּעֶצֶם (be'étzem) — actually, in truth
- Hungarian: valójában — actually, in truth
- Icelandic: reyndar — actually, in truth
- Icelandic: í raun — actually, in truth
- Icelandic: í rauninni — actually, in truth
- Ido: fakte — actually, in truth
- Ingrian: itse assiaas — actually, in truth
- Italian: di fatto — actually, in truth
- Italian: in realtà — actually, in truth
- Japanese: 実は (jitsu-wa) — actually, in truth
- Japanese: 実際には (jissai-niwa) — actually, in truth
- Latin: rēvēra — actually, in truth
- Māori: koa — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: у ствари (u stvari) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: педиґ (pedig) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: воинстину (voinstinu) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: наисце (naisce) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: насправди (naspravdi) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: поправдзе (popravdze) — actually, in truth
- Pannonian Rusyn: справди (spravdi) — actually, in truth
- Persian: در حقیقت — actually, in truth
- Persian: در واقع — actually, in truth
- Polish: w istocie — actually, in truth
- Polish: tak naprawdę — actually, in truth
- Polish: zaiste — actually, in truth
- Polish: w rzeczy samej — actually, in truth
- Polish: w rzeczywistości — actually, in truth
- Portuguese: na verdade — actually, in truth
- Romanian: de fapt — actually, in truth
- Russian: вообще́-то (voobščé-to) — actually, in truth
- Russian: на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle) — actually, in truth
- Russian: в действи́тельности (v dejstvítelʹnosti) — actually, in truth
- Russian: на де́ле (na déle) — actually, in truth
- Russian: факти́чески (faktíčeski) — actually, in truth
- Serbo-Croatian: у бити — actually, in truth
- Serbo-Croatian: у ствари — actually, in truth
- Serbo-Croatian: u biti — actually, in truth
- Serbo-Croatian: u stvari — actually, in truth
- Spanish: de hecho — actually, in truth
- Swedish: faktiskt — actually, in truth
- Tagalog: ang totoo — actually, in truth
- Tagalog: sa totoo lang — actually, in truth
- Tajik: дарвоқеъ (darvoqe') — actually, in truth
- Urdu: بلکہ (balkih) — actually, in truth
- Volapük: jenöfo — actually, in truth
- Welsh: mewn gwirionedd — actually, in truth