ACCOMPLISHED FACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accomplished fact mean? 

• ACCOMPLISHED FACT (noun)
  The noun ACCOMPLISHED FACT has 1 sense:

1. an irreversible accomplishment

  Familiarity information: ACCOMPLISHED FACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOMPLISHED FACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irreversible accomplishment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

accomplished fact; fait accompli

Hypernyms ("accomplished fact" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)

 Context examples 

But as I was without experience, and as every detail was an experiment and every successful detail an invention, the day was well gone before her shelter was an accomplished fact.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)