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As A Matter Of Fact

Definition: As A Matter Of Fact

As A Matter Of Fact

Adverb

1. In reality or actuality; "in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived"; "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated"; "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: As A Matter Of Fact

Synonyms: in fact (adv), in point of fact (adv). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: As A Matter Of Fact

DomainUsage

Screenplays

As a matter of fact, I think we do (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

As a matter of fact, you do suggest something. (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

As a matter of fact, it stole an army truck and blew up a gas station on the other side of town. (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll)

I'm three dimensional, as a matter of fact. (Two for the Road; writing credit: Frederic Raphael)

Well, uh, as a matter of fact, or own Ken Mattingly has done some research on that particular phenomenon. (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger)

Lyrics

It's like that and as a matter of fact (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat)

And as a matter of fact, uh (Lady; performing artist: D'Angelo)

He's my ideal as a matter of fact ("My Guy"; performing artist: Mary Wells)

Movie/TV Titles

As a Matter of Fact (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: As A Matter Of Fact

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

As a matter of fact, many local companies have already franchised their businesses, or are in the process of doing so. Many fast food, restaurant chains, and service operations could easily be franchised. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: As A Matter Of Fact

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

As a matter of fact, at this point, the only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it is.

Harry Belafonte

Well, I was put upon once to run for the Senate in the United States of America against D'Amato, as a matter of fact, and a lot of people thought that I stood a good chance to make a race out of it.

Jim Morris

I'm doing inspirational speaking across the country right now. And as a matter of fact, I go to Hawaii tomorrow. I'll speak to a group there.

Tip O'Neill

Not our fault, as a matter of fact, the press of America, the media of America really love the president of the United States. You see their press conferences, all they do is throw up softball to him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: As A Matter Of Fact

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989As a matter of fact, if adopted, it will improve our deficit reduction goals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: As A Matter Of Fact

Language Translations for "as a matter of fact"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në thelb (at bottom, essentially, substantially), në të vërtetë (actually, authentically, de facto, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, indeed, virtually), në fakt (de facto, in effect, practically), faktikisht (actually, factitive, factually, in fact, in point of fact). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏في واقع الأمر, ‏في الواقع (actually, as good as, by sheer force, de facto, factually, fundamentally, in effect, in fact, indeed, rather, reality, really, truly, truth), ‏في الحقيقة (actually, factually, honestly, in effect, in point of fact), ‏في الغالب (at most). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

фактически (actual, actually, de facto, factual, factually, in fact, morally, practical, practically, really, substantial, virtual, virtually). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

實際上 (in fact, in practice, in reality). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vlastnì (actually, de facto, in fact, in point of fact, in substance, indeed, really, virtually), ve skuteènosti (actually, effectively, in actual fact, in effect, practically). (various references)

   

Danish

  

faktisk (actually, genuinely, in fact, indeed, really, truly). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

metterdaad (absolutely, actually, in fact, indeed), inderdaad (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in fact, indeed, really, truly), feitelýk (actual, actually, factual, in fact, indeed, real). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

veruliga (actually, in fact, indeed), tá ið samanum kemur (actually, in fact, indeed), í grundini (actually, in fact, indeed). (various references)

   

French

  

en vérité, en réalité, en général. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

winliken (actually, in fact, indeed), feitlik (actual, actually, factual, in fact, indeed, real). (various references)

   

German

  

tatsächlich (absolutely, actual, actually, defacto, effective, genuinely, in fact, indeed, objectively, practical, real, really, true, truly, virtual). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στην πραγματικότητα (defacto, in actual fact, in fact). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

në të vërtetë (actually, in fact, indeed). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לאמיתו של "בר (in fact), א"רב" (not at all, on the contrary, quite so), בעצם (actually, in effect, in fact). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ami azt illeti (as for that, as to that, for all that, from that matter, in point of fact, in so far), voltaképpen. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sedianya (actually, properly speaking). (various references)

   

Italian

  

anzi (even, even better, in fact, nay, on the contrary, or better still, rather), infatti (absolutely, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, in fact, indeed, really, truly), difatti (in fact), di fatto (actually, de facto, in fact, indeed). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

事実上 , 全く以て , 実のと"ろ (to tell the truth), 実'言えば (to tell the truth), 実は (by the way). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まったくもって, じつのと"ろ (to tell the truth), じつ'いえば (to tell the truth), じつは (by the way), じじつじょう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asay aay attermay ofay actfay

   

Polish

  

faktycznie (actually, in fact, indeed). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

na realidade (actually, in effect, in reality, really, substantially, verily), como aliás. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

de fapt (actually, as it is, for that matter, in effect, in point of fact, in reality, morally, practically, to all intents and purposes, virtual). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

фактически (actually, as good as, de facto, factually, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, practically, practically speaking, virtually). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zapravo (actually, de facto, fact: in fact, really), ustvari. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

práctico (businesslike, cannie, coast pilot, conjurer, down to earth, earthy, experienced, handy, handy man, hard-headed, pilot, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical), en realidad (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in sooth, indeed, really, truly), de hecho (de facto, in fact, in point of fact). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ett faktum (actually). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zaten (already, anyway, besides, for the rest, in first place), işin doğrusu, gerçek şu ki (fact is that), doğrusu (actually, frankly, frankly speaking, honest, honestly, in all conscience, in fact, in sooth to say, indeed, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth, verily). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

само собою зрозуміло. (various references)

   

Zulu

  

eqinisweni (actually, in fact, indeed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: As A Matter Of Fact

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-e-f-f-m-o-r-s-t-t-t"

-5 letters: statecraft, teratomata.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: As A Matter Of Fact


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 73      41      4D 61 74 74 65 72      4F 66      46 61 63 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110011 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#115 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#70 &#97 &#99 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0073      0041      004D 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072      004F 0066      0046 0061 0063 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3585235247678686718424972240676986

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Spoken
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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