"in fact" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-us-in-fact.ogg [US]
Etymology: From fact (“deed, action”) (now obsolete, except in law). Etymology templates: {{m|en|fact||deed, action}} fact (“deed, action”), {{qualifier|now obsolete, except in law}} (now obsolete, except in law) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in fact, {{en-PP}} in fact
  1. (law) Resulting from the actions of parties. Categories (topical): Law Coordinate_terms (resulting from the actions of parties): in law
    Sense id: en-in_fact-en-prep_phrase-Wb4FyYFW Topics: law Disambiguation of 'resulting from the actions of parties': 100 0
  2. (modal) Actually, in truth. Tags: modal Synonyms: actually Synonyms (in truth): as a matter of fact Translations (actually, in truth): ἀληθῶς (alēthôs) (Ancient Greek), τῷ ὄντι (tôi ónti) (Ancient Greek), فِي الْحَقِيقَة (fī l-ḥaqīqa) (Arabic), de feito (Aragonese), իրականում (irakanum) (Armenian), de fechu (Asturian), в действителност (v dejstvitelnost) (Bulgarian), de fet (Catalan), en realitat (Catalan), 事實上 (Chinese Mandarin), 事实上 (shìshíshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 其實 (Chinese Mandarin), 其实 (qíshí) (Chinese Mandarin), ve skutečnosti (Czech), feitelijk (Dutch), in feite (Dutch), fakte (Esperanto), tosiasiassa (Finnish), tosiasiallisesti (Finnish), itse asiassa (Finnish), oikeastaan (Finnish), en fait (French), de feito (Galician), ფაქტობრივად (pakṭobrivad) (Georgian), ფაქტიურად (pakṭiurad) [misspelling] (Georgian), სინამდვილეში (sinamdvileši) (Georgian), ნამდვილად (namdvilad) (Georgian), რეალურად (realurad) (Georgian), tatsächlich (German), in Wirklichkeit (German), eigentlich (German), στην πραγματικότητα (stin pragmatikótita) (Greek), όντως (óntos) (Greek), πράγματι (prágmati) (Greek), בְּעֶצֶם (be'étzem) (Hebrew), valójában (Hungarian), reyndar (Icelandic), í raun (Icelandic), í rauninni (Icelandic), fakte (Ido), di fatto (Italian), in realtà (Italian), 実は (jitsu-wa) (Japanese), 実際には (jissai-niwa) (Japanese), rēvēra (Latin), koa (Maori), در حقیقت (Persian), در واقع (Persian), w istocie (Polish), tak naprawdę (Polish), na verdade (Portuguese), de fapt (Romanian), вообще́-то (voobščé-to) (Russian), на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle) (Russian), в действи́тельности (v dejstvítelʹnosti) (Russian), на де́ле (na déle) (Russian), факти́чески (faktíčeski) (Russian), у бити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у ствари [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), u biti (note: very common buzzword) [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), u stvari [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), de hecho (Spanish), faktiskt (Swedish), ang totoo (Tagalog), sa totoo lang (Tagalog), дарвоқеъ (darvoqeʾ) (Tajik), بلکہ (balkih) (Urdu), jenöfo (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-in_fact-en-prep_phrase-5KYamKUI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'in truth': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'actually, in truth': 0 100

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          "text": "People think tomatoes are vegetables, but, in fact, they are fruits.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Donald N. Clark, “Sino-Korean tributary relations under the Ming”, in Denis Twitchett, Frederick W. Mote, editors, The Cambridge History of China, volume 8, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 286",
          "text": "Menggetimur (d. 1433),¹⁸ chief of the Odoli subtribe of the Chien-chou Jurchen, had in fact moved into Korea south of the Tumen River. Because he offered tribute to the Choson court and had encamped at Hoeryŏng (Chinese: Hui-ning), the Koreans regarded him as their vassal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 8, Bob Holmes, “Ocean hills yield secret ecosystems”, in New Scientist, number 3033, archived from the original on 2015-09-05, page 14",
          "text": "We tend to think of the seafloor a few kilometres down as a flat plain. In fact, about two-thirds of this “abyssal” seabed is made up of gentle rolling hills a few hundred metres high, says Jennifer Durden at the University of Southampton, UK.",
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        "Actually, in truth."
      ],
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          "Actually",
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        ],
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          "in truth",
          "in truth"
        ]
      ],
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        "(modal) Actually, in truth."
      ],
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        "modal"
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    {
      "sense": "in truth",
      "word": "as a matter of fact"
    },
    {
      "word": "actually"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fī l-ḥaqīqa",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "فِي الْحَقِيقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de feito"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "irakanum",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "իրականում"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de fechu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "v dejstvitelnost",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "в действителност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de fet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "en realitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "事實上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìshíshàng",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "事实上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "其實"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíshí",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "其实"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "ve skutečnosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "feitelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "in feite"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "fakte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "tosiasiassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "tosiasiallisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "itse asiassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "oikeastaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "en fait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de feito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pakṭobrivad",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "ფაქტობრივად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pakṭiurad",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "tags": [
        "misspelling"
      ],
      "word": "ფაქტიურად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sinamdvileši",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "სინამდვილეში"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namdvilad",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "ნამდვილად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "realurad",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "რეალურად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "tatsächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "in Wirklichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "eigentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stin pragmatikótita",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "στην πραγματικότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óntos",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "όντως"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prágmati",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "πράγματι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "alēthôs",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "ἀληθῶς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tôi ónti",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "τῷ ὄντι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'étzem",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "בְּעֶצֶם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "valójában"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "reyndar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "í raun"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "í rauninni"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "fakte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "di fatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "in realtà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsu-wa",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "実は"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jissai-niwa",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "実際には"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "rēvēra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "koa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "در حقیقت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "در واقع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "w istocie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "tak naprawdę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "na verdade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de fapt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voobščé-to",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "вообще́-то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na sámom déle",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "на са́мом де́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dejstvítelʹnosti",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "в действи́тельности"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na déle",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "на де́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "faktíčeski",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "факти́чески"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у бити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у ствари"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "very common buzzword",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "u biti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "u stvari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "de hecho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "faktiskt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "ang totoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "sa totoo lang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "darvoqeʾ",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "дарвоқеъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "balkih",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "بلکہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "actually, in truth",
      "word": "jenöfo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in fact"
}

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