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- [dee fak-toh, dey]
- /di ˈfæk toʊ, deɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dee fak-toh, dey]
- /di ˈfæk toʊ, deɪ/
Definitions of facto word
- noun facto Australian. a person who lives in an intimate relationship with but is not married to a person of the opposite sex; lover. 1
- adverb facto according to fact; actually. 1
- noun facto (legal) in fact; by the act or fact. 1
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Origin of facto
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605, de facto is from the Latin word dē factō literally, from the fact
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Facto
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
facto popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
facto usage trend in Literature
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