Usually means: Actually true, contrary to doubt.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word in fact:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. in fact: Merriam-Webster
  2. in fact: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in fact: Collins English Dictionary
  4. in fact: Vocabulary.com
  5. in-fact: Wordnik
  6. in (actual) fact: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. in fact: Wiktionary
  8. in (point of) fact, in fact: Dictionary.com
  9. in fact: Rhymezone
  10. in fact: FreeDictionary.org
  11. in fact: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. in (point of) fact, in fact: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. in fact: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. in fact: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in fact: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in fact: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in fact: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from WordNet (in fact)

adverb:  in reality or actuality ("In fact, it was a wonder anyone survived")


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