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Meaning of before the fact | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Before the commission of a crime.
  2. Assumed prior to factual study; ipso facto true, good, or correct; a priori.

Examples

“accessory before the fact”
“Feminism envisaged as a 'home' insists on commonality before the fact, pushing aside all those who would trouble its domestic idyll.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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