| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| de facto |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de fac·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d f k t , d |
| ADVERB: | In reality or fact; actually. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Actual: de facto segregation. 2. Exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established: a de facto government; a de facto nuclear storage facility. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d fact : d, from, according to + fact, ablative of factum, fact.
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