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matter of fact

–noun

1.	something of a factual nature, as an actual occurrence.

2.	Law. a statement or allegation to be judged on the basis of the evidence.

[Origin: 1575–85

]

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mat·ter-of-fact

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–adjective

1.	adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.

2.	direct or unemotional; straightforward; down-to-earth.

[Origin: 1705–15

]

—Related forms

matter-of-factly, adverb

matter-of-factness, noun

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matter of fact
noun
1.	a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide [syn: question of fact]
2.	a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact

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ˌmatter-of-ˈfact adjective

keeping to the actual facts; not fanciful, emotional or imaginative
Example: a matter-of-fact account/statement/opinion/attitude

Arabic:	في الحَقيقَه، في الواقِع، حَقيقَةً
Chinese (Simplified):	事实的
Chinese (Traditional):	事實的
Czech:	věcný
Danish:	saglig
Dutch:	zakelijk
Estonian:	asjalik
Finnish:	asiallinen
French:	terre-à-terre
German:	sachlich
Greek:	ρεαλιστικός, πρακτικός
Hungarian:	tényleges, tárgyilagos, tárgyszerű
Icelandic:	bókstaflegur; sem heldur sig við staðreyndir
Indonesian:	sesungguhnya
Italian:	concreto, realistico

Japanese:	実際的な
Korean:	현실적인
Latvian:	lietišķs
Lithuanian:	dalykiškas, objektyvus, blaivus
Norwegian:	saklig, nøktern
Polish:	trzeżwy
Portuguese (Brazil):	simples
Portuguese (Portugal):	exacto
Romanian:	realist
Russian:	фактический; прозаический
Slovak:	vecný
Slovenian:	dejanski
Spanish:	práctico, realista
Swedish:	saklig, prosaisk, realistisk, rakt på sak
Turkish:	realist, gerçekçi

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Main Entry: matter of fact
see MATTER

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Matter of fact

Fact\, n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]

1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]

A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson.

2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.

What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. --Evelyn.

He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton.

3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

I do not grant the fact. --De Foe.

This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --Roger Long.

Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. --Burrill Bouvier.

Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary.

Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.

Syn: Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

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