de facto

Meaning

Adv

In actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

Adj

In actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

Noun

A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.

Synonyms

actually

factual

in fact

actual

as a matter of fact

real

really

in reality

factually

veritable

indeed

substantial

substantival

substantive

sure enough

true

truly

veritably

virtual

in actual fact

acting

IPOF

as it is

effective

existent

genuine

genuinely

intrinsic

ipso facto

practically

quite

realistic

Translations

de hecho

de facto

de facto

de fait

tatsächlich

in Wirklichkeit

en fait

realiter

vielmehr

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdeɪˈfæktəʊ/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō (literally “according to fact”), from dē (“according to”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”).