"post factum" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin: "after the fact". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} post factum (not comparable)
  1. After the fact; occurring after the focus of an activity has already occurred. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-post_factum-en-adj-9O0D1RhN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Adverb

Etymology: From Latin: "after the fact". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} post factum (not comparable)
  1. After the fact; after the focus of an activity has already occurred. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-post_factum-en-adv-9xN8reh~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

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