"as a matter of fact" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in reality"
    },
    {
      "word": "really"
    },
    {
      "word": "truthfully"
    },
    {
      "word": "truth to tell"
    },
    {
      "word": "actually"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fī l-ḥaqīqa",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "فِي الْحَقِيقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ısınlap ta",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "ысынлап та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "de fet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "en realitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìshíshàng",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "事實上 /事实上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíshí",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "其實 /其实"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíjìshàng",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "實際上 /实际上"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "faktisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "eigenlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "in werkelijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "fakte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "itse asiassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "en fait"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "à vrai dire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "en vérité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "en réalité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simandvileši",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "სიმანდვილეში"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pakṭobrivad",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "ფაქტობრივად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "tatsächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "in Wirklichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "eigentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "genauer gesagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "sogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "in Wahrheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "edó pou ta léme",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "εδώ που τα λέμε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "στην πραγματικότητα (stin pragmatikótita, literally “in reality”)",
      "sense": "actually"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gia tin akríveia",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "για την ακρίβεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "valójában"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "ami azt illeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "reyndar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "frómt frá sagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "í raun og veru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "déanta na fírinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "difatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "in realtà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsu-wa",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "実は"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jissai-niwa",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "実際には"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sasireun",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "사실은"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sasilsang",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "사실상"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "właściwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "w rzeczywistości"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "na verdade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "na realidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voobščé-to",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "вообще́-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na sámom déle",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "на са́мом де́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dejstvítelʹnosti",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "в действи́тельности"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "ustvari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "zapravo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "pravdupovediac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "vlastne"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "por cierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "sin ir más lejos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "de hecho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "a decir verdad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "en verdad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "como [una] cuestión de hecho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "faktum är att"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nasprávdi",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "наспра́вді"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "eygntlekh",
      "sense": "actually",
      "word": "אייגנטלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as a matter of fact"
}

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