de facto

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: de fac=to

OXFORD DICTIONARY

de facto, adv., adj., & n.
--adv. in fact, whether by right or not.
--adj. that exists or is such in fact (a de facto ruler).
--n. (in full de facto wife or husband) a person living with another as if married.

Etymology

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THESAURUS

de facto

absolute, actual, actually, authentic, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, historical, honest-to-God, positive, real, really, substantial, true, truly, undeniable, veritable, veritably

ROGET THESAURUS

de facto

Existence

N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.