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de fac·to    Audio Help   [dee fak-toh, dey] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country. Although the school was said to be open to all qualified students, it still practiced de facto segregation.
2.actually existing, esp. when without lawful authority (distinguished from de jure).
3.Australian. a person who lives in an intimate relationship with but is not married to a person of the opposite sex; lover.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L dé factō lit., from the fact]
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de fac·to    Audio Help   (dĭ fāk'tō, dā)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   In reality or fact; actually.

adj.  
  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.


[Latin dē factō : dē, from, according to + factō, ablative of factum, fact.]

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de facto

adjective
1. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war" [ant: de jure] 

adverb
1. in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one-party system" 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
de facto [(di fak-toh, day fak-toh)]

Something generally accepted or agreed to without any formal decision in its favor: “They never elected him; he became their leader de facto.” From Latin, meaning “in fact.” (Compare de jure.)


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De facto

De` fac"to\ [L.] Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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