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de fac|to /d'eɪ f'æktoʊ/
[ADJ] ADJ n
De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing. (FORMAL)
This might be interpreted as a de facto recognition of the republic's independence.
≠ de jure
[ADV] ADV with cl
De facto is also an adverb.
They will be de facto in a state of war.de jure /d'eɪ dʒ'ʊəreɪ, AM d'iː dʒ'ʊri/
[ADJ] ADJ n
De jure is used to indicate that something legally exists or is a particular thing. (LEGAL)
...politicians and kings, de jure leaders of men.
≠ de facto
[ADV] ADV with cl
De jure is also an adverb.
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
≠ de factode ri|gueur /də rɪg'ɜːr/
[ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
T-shirts now seem almost de rigueur in the West End.
[ADJ] ADJ n
De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing. (FORMAL)
This might be interpreted as a de facto recognition of the republic's independence.
≠ de jure
[ADV] ADV with cl
De facto is also an adverb.
They will be de facto in a state of war.de jure /d'eɪ dʒ'ʊəreɪ, AM d'iː dʒ'ʊri/
[ADJ] ADJ n
De jure is used to indicate that something legally exists or is a particular thing. (LEGAL)
...politicians and kings, de jure leaders of men.
≠ de facto
[ADV] ADV with cl
De jure is also an adverb.
The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
≠ de factode ri|gueur /də rɪg'ɜːr/
[ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
T-shirts now seem almost de rigueur in the West End.