Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

before the fact

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: be-fore the -fact
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Before the commission of a crime.

prep_phrase

Assumed prior to factual study; ipso facto true, good, or correct; a priori.

Example Sentences

"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."

Frequently Paired Words

after the fact

Questions

What does before the fact mean?: Before the commission of a crime.

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