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The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.
Lawrence Eagleburger

Meaning of "the fact of the matter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE FACT OF THE MATTER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE FACT OF THE MATTER

the f-word
the facts of life
the fair sex
the faithful
the Fall
the Family Compact
the fancy
the Far East
the Far North
the fat is in the fire
the fat of the land
the father of
the Fed
the Federation
the Fens
the few
the Fiend
the Fifteen
the filth
the first thing

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE FACT OF THE MATTER

batter
better
blatter
chatter
condensed matter
dark matter
fatter
flatter
for that matter
hatter
latter
matter
no laughing matter
no matter
organic matter
platter
scatter
shatter
splatter
subject matter
the matter

Synonyms and antonyms of the fact of the matter in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the fact of the matter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE FACT OF THE MATTER

Find out the translation of the fact of the matter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the fact of the matter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the fact of the matter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

这件事的事实
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el quid de la cuestión
570 millions of speakers

English

the fact of the matter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इस मामले के तथ्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في حقيقة الأمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дело в том
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o fato da matéria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাপার আসলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le fait de la question
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hakikat perkara itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Tatsache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

問題の事実
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문제의 사실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasunyatane perkara kasebut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực tế của vấn đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விஷயம் உண்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाब तथ्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Meselenin gerçeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il fatto della questione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Faktem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Справа в тому
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

faptul de a problemei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το γεγονός του θέματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Die feit van die saak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

det faktum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

det faktum i saken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the fact of the matter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FACT OF THE MATTER»

The term «the fact of the matter» is very widely used and occupies the 8.524 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FACT OF THE MATTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the fact of the matter

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE FACT OF THE MATTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the fact of the matter.
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Devon Aoki
I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.
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Kenneth Blackwell
The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.
3
Jo Brand
I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.
4
Carol Moseley Braun
The notion that we won the war against Iraq is like saying we won a war against Arizona. I mean, the fact of the matter is it's not that big of a country. Nobody, I don't think, had any notion that we would do anything but win it.
5
Paul Bremer
While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them.
6
Edward Burns
It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.
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Jim Cantalupo
The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself.
8
Ray Charles
The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.
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Lawrence Eagleburger
The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.
10
Steve Earle
The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE FACT OF THE MATTER»

Discover the use of the fact of the matter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the fact of the matter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fact of the Matter: Poems
Praise for THE FACT OF THE MATTER “Through contemporary voices and timeless contexts, these haunting poems fracture—then rebuild—lyric expectations. At times drawing from science and art, epic and elegy, The Fact ofthe Matter ...
Sally Keith, 2012
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
I The fact of the matter is the police took the children from you. DELETE The fact of the matter is. I Despite her behavior, the simple fact of the matter is I still love her. DELETE the simple fact of the matter is. SEE ALSO the truth of the matter is.
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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In the Matter of the Arbitratin bewteen Sperry Gyroscope ...
The fact of the matter is that it was the Company function in making security requests to transmit the employee's personally filled out personnel security questionnaire, and any information which it contained was before the Navy Department in ...
Henry Mayer
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The Irrigation Age
The fact of the matter is that when the above mentioned sheet was started it attempted to appropriate the volume number of a journal which had been purchased and merged with THE IRRIGATION AGE, a flagrant violation of all newspaper ...
‎1905
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America
there are both priests and laymen who can and will protect themselves. The Fact of the Matter Is First Scene: Enter an ardent embodiment of enthusiasm, between eighteen and twenty years of age, the eyes aflame with a new idea. The voice ...
‎1914
6
On the Matter of Relationships . . .
The fact of the matter is that most of the world looks nothing like the beautiful people portrayed on television. If you walk the mall, you will see that most of the world is just average people. There are more Leahs than Rachael s. The image you ...
William T. Golson, Jr., 2007
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The Phenomenology of Spirit (The Phenomenology of Mind)
Consciousness finds both sides to be equally essential moments, and thereby learns what the nature of the "fact of the matter", the real intent, is, viz. that it is neither merely "fact", which is opposed to action in general and to individual action, ...
Georg W. F. Hegel, 2004
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The Philosophy of Mind: Classical Problems/contemporary Issues
Or that, even if there is a fact of the matter, still one can't ever know what the fact of the matter is. But, surely that would be mad. After all, Pasteur did demonstrate, to the satisfaction of all reasonable men, that ceteris paribus you get maggots ...
Brian Beakley, Peter Ludlow, 1992
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Supreme Court Appellate Division- First Department Vol. I- ...
A. The fact of the matter is that the $2500—— Q. Wait a moment, don't let's argue about that. Justice Salomon: D-on't choke him off. “The fact of the matter is.” “The fact of the matter is”—finish your question. Mr. Speiser: The fact of the matter is ...
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National Service: Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre
You can only make your case on the stage BUT, as politicians say, the fact of the matter is that I've got the resources at the NT and others haven't. Politicians always say 'the fact of the matter is', whereas artists always know that the fact of the ...
Richard Eyre, 2011

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE FACT OF THE MATTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the fact of the matter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Implementing the NAP
The fact of the matter is that with the utter failure to adequately fund or even acknowledge its existence as an essential component in the fight against terrorism, ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Workplace Doctor: Resolve conflict by getting to the heart of the matter
The fact of the matter is that conflict is unavoidable when you are in a leadership position. Although often seen as negative, if managed appropriately, conflict ... «The National, Jun 15»
3
Why Hank Pym isn't in Age of Ultron
"The fact of the matter was, Edgar had him first and by virtue of what Edgar was doing, there was no way for me to use him in this," said Whedon in an interview ... «IGN, Feb 15»
4
Background Conference Call on Airstrikes in Syria
The fact of the matter is, the President was very clear we're going to take action against ISIL in both Iraq and Syria. We've been taking action against ISIL for ... «Whitehouse.gov, Sep 14»
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Are You a Double-Is-er?
The truth of the matter is is that ... The fact of the matter is is that ... What the American people understand is is that ... During the 2012 presidential debates, ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 13»
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NC Gov. Pat McCrory Defends New Voter ID Law
Well, the fact of the matter is we aren't looking for voter fraud. We never really have. And if we're naïve enough to think that there's not voter fraud in the 10th ... «Here And Now, Aug 13»
7
Bucs Land NC State QB Mike Glennon in Round Three
“It's going to be a matter of how fast he grasps our system and all those things. And the fact of the matter is, we have a starting quarterback.” Glennon is the first ... «Buccaneers.com, Apr 13»
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Looking at all the taxes
The fact of the matter is that the American tax code as a whole is almost perfectly flat. The bottom 20% of earners make 3% of the income and pay 2% of the ... «The Economist, Jul 12»

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