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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. A fact accomplished; a thing done; a scheme already carried into execution.

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  1. n. An accomplished fact, something that has already occurred; a done deal.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an irreversible accomplishment

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  1. From French fait accompli ("an accomplished fact"), from fait ("a fact") + accompli ("accomplished"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French : fait, fact + accompli, accomplished. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • jaymediane Meaning

    An accomplished fact; an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it.

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    The literal translation into English of this French phrase is a fact realized or accomplished - what might these days be called a done deal. Strangely, it entered the English language via a travelogue of Spain rather than France. Richard Ford's A hand-book for travellers in Spain (1845) was, and still is, regarded as a classic of travel writing. In it Ford included the phrase "This is now a fait accompli.", in regard of some previously decided fact. Mar 9, 2008

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