De facto independence

de fac·to (d

, d

)

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 d fact : d, from, according to + fact, ablative of factum, fact.]

de facto [deɪ ˈfæktəʊ]

adv

in fact

adj

existing in fact, whether legally recognized or not a de facto regime Compare de jure

n pl -tos

Austral and NZ a de facto husband or wife

[Latin]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	de facto - 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" real, existent - being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow de jure - by right; according to law; "de jure recognition of the new government"
Adv.	1.	de facto - in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one-party system"

de facto

adjective

actual, real, effective, existing a de facto recognition of the republic's independence

adverb

in fact, really, actually, in effect, in reality Unification has now de facto replaced the signing of such a treaty.

Translations

de facto [deɪˈfæktəʊ] ADJ & ADV → de facto, de hecho

de facto [ˌdeɪˈfæktəʊ]

adj (= effective) → de fait

adv (= effectively) → de facto

de facto

adj adv → de facto

de facto [deɪˈfæktəʊ] adj & adv (frm) → de facto inv

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admit
Castro
Chechen Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
de facto segregation
de jure
Den Haag
fact
Facto
Hague
in operation
indeed
Jerusalem
John of Gaunt
Kingdom of The Netherlands
Nederland
operational

Taipei insists that the proposed pact will boost the islandEoe1/4aos annual economic growth by more than one percentage point, but opposition leaders fear it will compromise Taiwan s de facto independence.

Taiwan s parliament to ratify China trade pact by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)

Taipei insists that the proposed pact will boost the island's annual economic growth by more than one percentage point, but opposition leaders fear it will compromise Taiwan's de facto independence.

Taiwan's parliament to ratify China trade pact by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

In fact, such has been the case since Kurdistan acquired a sort of de facto independence in 1991, with those two parties being regularly voted into power - first separately, and now collectively - that they have almost established a sense of predictable complacency.

The way forward in Iraq by Soma Digest (Suleimanieh, Iraq)

De Danske Sukkerfabrikker
De Dato
De Delftse Bedrijvendagen
De dicto
De dicto and de re
De Dietrich Process Systems
De Digitale Stad Wageningen
De Dolfijnen Asse Ternat
De domo reparanda
De Donis
De donis conditionalibus
De Donkere Kamer Van Damokles
De Duve
De Duve, Christian Rene
de Duve, Christian René
De Erkende Sanitairinstallateurs Van Antwerpen
De Evacuación y Seguridad Escolar
De excidio Troiae
de facto
de facto
de facto
de facto
de facto
de facto boundary
De facto corporation
De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel
De Facto Image Building

De facto independence

De Facto Relationships Amendment
de facto segregation
de facto segregation
de facto segregation
De facto standard
De facto standard
De facto standard
De facto standard
De facto-standard
De facto-standard
De facto-standard
De Falla
De Falla
de Falla, Manuel
de Falla, Manuel
De Farine et d'Eau Fraîche
De Faux Billets Porte-Clefs
de fide
De fide et officio judicis non recipitur quaestio; sed de scientia
De Figure et d'Objet
De Filippo, Eduardo
De Fleury Baillard Investissements
De forciant
De Forest
De Forest
De Forest, John
De Forest, John William
De Forest, Lee
De Forest, Lee
de Franchi, Lucien and Louis

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