In Fact

Definition: In Fact

In 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: In Fact

Affirmation

As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.

Existence

Adverb: actually; Adjective: in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto.

Crosswords: In Fact

He's the kind of man the world pretends to look up to, and in fact despises. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

In fact, it's even worse than that, it's nuts. (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

In fact, every time an asteroid strikes their planet, they have to begin life all over. (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

Harry, do you realize it has, in fact, been 10 years since you've been behind the wheel of one of these things? (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Micha�l)

Words don't taste good, they don't smell good, they don't keep you warm at night, in fact, words never really leave the mind, do they? (Moonlight and Valentino; writing credit: Ellen Simon)

I've tried well no in fact I lied (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell (Back 2 good; performing artist: Matchbox 20)

Black like Noah in fact and for ya (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

When in fact we're slip slidin' away (Slip Slidin' Away; performing artist: PAUL SIMON)

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas! (JUMPING JACK FLASH; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. (references; author: unknown)

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

Books

• Coffee Lover's Bible: Ode to the Divine Brew in Fact, Food & Fancy (reference)

• English and examinations: what is and is not formally examinable, and what is and is not in fact examined: with special reference to examinations at 11 and 18 (reference)

• Taboo No More: The Phallus in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Polar bear - Ursus maritimus - appears to be stalking walrus - in fact was running from helicopter noise. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

What appears to be a rock-strewn beach is in fact a fur-seal rookery. Thousands of fur-seals on a St. Paul beach. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Figure 44. Bamberg pneumatic bathometer, constructed by Carl Bamberg. This instrument is in fact an accessory to a Bamberg sounder, which was similar to the Thomson sounder. It used the pressure of water to push a certain quantity of water into a tube and subsequently measuring it in order to determine the depth that the tube had attained. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Leavened bread has been around a long while-since the days of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece, in fact. Then, as now, it was made from wheat, or from a mixture of wheat and rye. The elastic gluten in wheat is essential for bread to rise. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

In fact, the vizier had hinted that the young sultan thought himself a genius. Credit: Library of Congress.

Here was in fact our Ideal Inn. Credit: Library of Congress.

In fact, Mabel is not above listening in on another extension / John Held. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This would be to overthrow in fact what was established in theory; and would seem, at first view, an absurdity too gross to be insisted on. (reference)

Finally, in times when the class struggle nears the decisive hour, the process of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of society, assumes such a violent, glaring character, that a small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands. (reference)

In fact we have both been educated at the same, or similar, or, at any rate, kindred establishments. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

In fact, any education of Negroes was forbidden by law in some states. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Enscombe however was gracious, gracious in fact, if not in word.

It is, in fact, a very simple problem in Hydrodynamics.

As she still hesitated, being, in fact, in no reasonable state of mind, he took the infant in his arms, and himself administered the draught.

In fact, three minutes had not elapsed when the men appeared.

In fact after some talk about their favourite writers Nash declared for Captain Marryat who, he said, was the greatest writer.

They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This, in fact, usually happens following delivery. (references)

Nonepileptic attacks have been excluded and epilepsy is, in fact, present. (references)

In fact, diabetes is one of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy. (references)

Business

In fact, Jaguar closed their showroom recently for lack of legitimate business. (references)

In fact Rafo is teetering on the brink of collapse, having stopped production in March. (references)

The BOI, in fact, gives a considerably larger estimate for the value of the energy efficiency market. (references)

Children

Nepal

Some persons, in fact, consider marrying a girl before menarche an honorable, sacred act that increases one's chances of a better afterlife. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

The court, finding no basis in fact for his allegations, also fined al-Hadhri $6,471 (1.1 million riyals). (references)

Indonesia

The Vice President in fact has publicly expressed support for Islamic law for Muslims in the whole country. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Egypt is, in fact, the U.S.'s largest market for wheat sales. (references)

France

The principal difference in France is, in fact, the language. (references)

Haiti

In fact, one local automobile dealer is now direct marketing vehicles from their website. (references)

Human Rights

Togo

In fact Messan's son is the director and Messan is the editor. (references)

Burma

In fact the Government had to grant a special authority to the brother for the case to be filed at all. (references)

Morocco

The truth regarding Adib's accusations of corruption was not a defense and, in fact, never was contested. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

A group of NGO's disputed the state government's characterization of the legislation and claimed that it would in fact further diminish the ability of indigenous people to defend their rights on land issues. (references)

Political Economy

BOLIVIA

Private employers may use public sector settlements as guidelines for their own adjustments and in fact often exceed them. (references)

EL SALVADOR

In fact, both private sector unions (by law) and public sector employee associations (in practice) use collective bargaining. (references)

Political Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

At year's end, 19 ministers were members of the FPI; 5 ministers were members of the PDCI, the former ruling party; 2 ministers were members of the PIT, a minor left-wing party; and 2 were nominally independent but in fact were members of the UDPCI, General Guei's party. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

Although the Central Bank's independence is guaranteed by Uzbek law, it is in fact nominal. (references)

Jamaica

The Jamaican garment industry has not expanded under CBTPA as predicted, in fact it has shed jobs over the past year. (references)

Travel

Austria

Austrian tap water is generally safe to drink; in fact, the tap water in Vienna has its sources from mountain springs and tastes delicious. (references)

Thailand

Thailand's road system compares favorably with that of other developing countries in the region . In fact, road transportation is considered Thailand's key transportation mode for goods and passengers. (references)

Korea

Nonetheless, it is still very Korean and it is imperative that any American doing business in Korea realizes that Seoul is not Los Angeles (even though the latter, in fact, has a sizeable Korean community). (references)

Women

Pakistan

Furthermore, human rights monitors agree that most "stove deaths" in fact are killings based upon a suspicion of illicit sexual relationship or upon dowry demands. (references)

Hong Kong

In 2000 Government and NGO surveys and statistics from a counseling hot line suggested that sexual harassment cases in fact totaled anywhere from 21/2 to 10 times more than the number reported. (references)

Hong Kong

However, human rights organizations and unions assert that the statistics inaccurately record many unemployed women as housewives and that, in fact, the unemployment rate for women is actually higher than the unemployment rate for men. (references)

Worker Rights

Syria

All unions must belong to the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), which is dominated by the Ba'th Party and is in fact a part of the State's bureaucratic structure. (references)

Korea

In fact workers earning the minimum wage would have difficulty in providing a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, despite fringe benefits, such as transportation expenses, with which companies normally supplement salaries. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "in fact": fraud in fact. Additional references.

Afrikaans

sowaar (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, truly). (various references)

Albanian

në të vërtetë (actually, as a matter of fact, authentically, de facto, in effect, in point of fact, in sooth, indeed, virtually). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الواقع (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, by sheer force, de facto, factually, fundamentally, in effect, indeed, rather, reality, really, truly, truth). (various references)

Bulgarian 

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

Chinese 

其實 (actually, really, that is not the case), 實際上 (as a matter of fact, in practice, in reality). (various references)

Czech

vskutku (indeed), vlastnì (actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, in point of fact, in substance, indeed, really, virtually), opravdu (actually, genuinely, indeed, really, sincerely, so, sure enough, truly), doopravdy (honestly, in earnest, really). (various references)

Danish

saaledes opnaar man en relativt ren skal af stoerknet metal-dette er faktisk et af de maal,der tilstraebes med denne forarbejdningsmetode:et meget formbart yderlag ved staal til dybtraekning eller til traadtraekning (one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), man kan let forestille sig,at kontakten mellem metalstraalen og den kolde kokillevaeg i kombination med den kraftige omroering ved udstoebningen,kunne give anledning til dannelse af et stort antal krystaller,af hvilke et stort antal kunne give en lagforme (combined with the vigorous currents produced during teeming, of which some would form a thin skin zone adhering to the walls but of which others would remain in suspension in the liquid, one can, readily imagine that the contact between the stream of liquid metal and the cold mould, would give rise to a large number of crystallites), faktisk (actually, as a matter of fact, genuinely, indeed, really, truly). (various references)

Dutch

inderdaad (absolutely, actually, as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, truly), werkelýk (absolutely, actual, actually, factual, genuinely, indeed, practical, real, really, truly), warempel (absolutely, actually), waarlýk (absolutely, actually, genuinely, indeed, really, truly), waarachtig (absolutely, actually, genuinely, indeed, really, true, truly), op deze wijze wordt een relatief zuivere mantel verkregen;overigens is dit één van de oogmerken die men bij deze verwerkingsmethode voor heeft:een ductiele mantel voor staalsoorten geschikt voor dieptrekken of draadtrekken (one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), metterdaad (absolutely, actually, as a matter of fact, indeed), men kan zich werkelijk voorstellen dat tengevolge van het contact tussen de stroom van vloeibaar metaal en de koude gietvorm,te zamen met de heftige stromingen die tijdens het gieten optreden,een groot aantal kristallieten ontstaan waarvan een deel een du (combined with the vigorous currents produced during teeming, of which some would form a thin skin zone adhering to the walls but of which others would remain in suspension in the liquid, one can, readily imagine that the contact between the stream of liquid metal and the cold mould, would give rise to a large number of crystallites), feitelýk (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, factual, indeed, real). (various references)

Esperanto

fakte (indeed), efektive (absolutely, actually). (various references)

Faeroese

veruliga (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed), tá ið samanum kemur (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed), í grundini (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed). (various references)

Finnish

itse asiassa, tosiasiallisesti (actually, in effect), todellisuudessa (actually, in reality). (various references)

French

en réalité (in actual fact, in actuality, in effect, in real life, indeed). (various references)

Frisian

winliken (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed), feitlik (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, factual, indeed, real). (various references)

German

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

Greek 

όντωσ (really, truly, yea), σχηματίζεται κατ'αυτόν τον τρόπο μια σχετικά καθαρή κρούστα από στερεοποιημένο μέταλλο (a relatively pure crust of solidified metal is thus obtained.This is, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), μπορούμε πράγματι να υποθέσουμε οτι η επαφή με το ψυχρό πλίνθωμα συνδυασμένη με τα βίαια ρεύματα τα οποία δημιουργούνται κατά την χύτευση,� (of which some would form a thin skin zone adhering to the walls but of which others would remain in suspension in the liquid), πραγματικώσ (realistically, really). (various references)

Hawaiian

në të vërtetë (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed). (various references)

Hebrew 

למעש�" (actually, de facto, in effect, in point of fact, in practice, practically, virtually). (various references)

Hungarian

valójában (actually, in effect, in point of fact). (various references)

Indonesian

sebenarnya (actual, actually, proper, truly), malah (instead, on the contrary), bahkan (even, indeed, moreover, on the contrary). (various references)

Italian

infatti (absolutely, as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, indeed, really, truly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

その実 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そのじつ. (various references)

Papiamen

efektivamente (absolutely, actually). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay actfay

Polish

rzeczywiście, faktycznie (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed). (various references)

Portuguese

pode-se com efeito pensar que,o contacto com a lingoteira fria do jacto e das correntes violentas produzidas durante o vazamento,dá lugar a um grande número de cristalites,das quais algumas formam como que uma "pele" aderente � s paredes,enquanto outras, obtém-se assim uma camada relativamente pura de metal solidificado-é aliás um dos objectivos procurados por este processo de elaboração a saber a obtenção duma pele bem dúctil para os aços destinados � embutidura e � trefilagem (a relatively pure crust of solidified metal is thus obtained.This is, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing). (various references)

Romanian

propriu-zis (proper, properly). (various references)

Russian 

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

Serbo-Croatian

zapravo (actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, fact: in fact, really). (various references)

Spanish

en efecto (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, indeed, really, truly), efectivamente (actual, effective, exactly, in point of fact, indeed, quite so, real, really). (various references)

Swedish

i verkligheten (factually, in point of fact), i själva verket (actuality (in), actually, essentially, in actual fact, in actuality, in effect, in point of fact, in very deed), realiter (actually, in reality), faktiskt (actually, factually, honestly, in point of fact, indeed, really, virtually), egentligen (actually, intrinsically, properly, proporly, really). (various references)

Turkish

hatta (even, in tune, insomuch as, insomuch that, yet), gerçekten (actually, by my troth, for real, forsooth, genuinely, honest, honest injun, honestly, in point of fact, in sooth, in troth, in very deed, indeed, it's no joke, of a verity, quite, real, really, regularly, sure enough, true, truly, yea, yes indeed), gerçekte (actually, in effect, in point of fact, in practice, in reality, in sober fact, in sooth, in sooth to say, in very deed, practically, substantially, verily, virtually), doğrusu (actually, as a matter of fact, frankly, frankly speaking, honest, honestly, in all conscience, in sooth to say, indeed, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth, verily), aslında (actually, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, essentially, in first place, in itself, in reality, in sober fact, in very deed, indeed, originally, primarily, really, substantially, verily, virtually), adeta (almost, fairly, nearly, so to say, so to speak). (various references)

Ukrainian

фактично (actually, as good as, in effect, in practice, in reality, practically, virtually), дійсно (actually, quite). (various references)

Zulu

eqinisweni (actually, as a matter of fact, indeed). (various references)

denique, enim, quin, quin etiam, quinimmo, quinque, siquidem, vere, verum-i. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: actin, antic, faint.

-2 letters: anti, cain, cant, fact, fain, fiat, naif, tain.

-3 letters: act, aft, ain, ait, ani, ant, can, cat, fan, fat, fin, fit, nit, tan, tic, tin.

-4 letters: ai, an, at, fa, if, in, it, na, ta, ti.

+1 letter: faction, fanatic, frantic, infarct, infract.

+2 letters: crafting, faceting, factions, fanatics, fanciest, fraction, infarcts, infracts, sanctify.

+3 letters: affecting, affection, catfacing, chieftain, confidant, fabricant, facetting, factional, factoring, fanatical, fantastic, fascinate, faunistic, fictional, fornicate, fractions, furcating, furcation, infarcted, infracted, interface, kingcraft, officiant, olfaction, outfacing, ventifact.

+4 letters: acetifying, affections, afflicting, affliction, catfacings, chieftains, confidante, confidants, confiscate, conflating, conflation, craftiness, defecating, defecation, fabricants, fanaticism, fanaticize, fantastico, fantastics, fantoccini, fasciation, fascinated, fascinates, fascinator, fianchetti, fianchetto, fornicated, fornicates, fornicator, fractional, fractioned, fracturing, frictional, functional, furcations, handicraft, infarction, infracting, infraction, interfaced, interfaces, kingcrafts, magnificat, maleficent, officiants, olfactions, pontifical, refracting, refraction, sanctified, sanctifier, sanctifies, tackifying, ventifacts, vociferant.