in (actual) fact

phrase

1
used for saying what is really true, when this is surprising or different from what people think
Managers worry about employees leaving for other companies, but in fact they are more likely to stay.
He was paid money for a job that did not in fact exist.
In actual fact, she was quite right.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of emphasizing that something is true although it may be surprising
actual
really
positively
2
used when you are adding something to what you have just said, especially something surprising
I haven’t seen him for years. In fact, I can’t even remember what he looks like.
She’s a friend of mine, a very close friend in fact.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of adding extra information
namely
incidentally
furthermore

单词	in (actual) fact
释义	in (actual) fact phrase DEFINITIONS2 1 used for saying what is really true, when this is surprising or different from what people think Managers worry about employees leaving for other companies, but in fact they are more likely to stay. He was paid money for a job that did not in fact exist. In actual fact, she was quite right. Synonyms and related words Ways of emphasizing that something is true although it may be surprising actual really positively 2 used when you are adding something to what you have just said, especially something surprising I haven’t seen him for years. In fact, I can’t even remember what he looks like. She’s a friend of mine, a very close friend in fact. Synonyms and related words Ways of adding extra information namely incidentally furthermore in (actual) fact phrase DEFINITIONS2 1 used for saying what is really true, when this is surprising or different from what people think He was paid money for a job that did not in fact exist. In actual fact, she was quite right. Synonyms and related words Ways of emphasizing that something is true although it may be surprising actual really positively 2 used when you are adding something to what you have just said, especially something surprising I haven’t seen him for years. In fact, I can’t even remember what he looks like. She’s a friend of mine, a very close friend in fact. Synonyms and related words Ways of adding extra information namely incidentally furthermore
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