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Definition of de facto adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

 

de facto

 adjective
adjective
BrE BrE//ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ//
 
; NAmE NAmE//ˌdeɪ ˈfæktoʊ//
 
[usually before noun] (from Latin, formal)
 
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existing as a fact although it may not be legally accepted as existing The general took de facto control of the country. Oxford Collocations DictionaryDe facto is used with these nouns: recognition See full entry Word OriginLatin, literally ‘of fact’.
See de facto in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee de facto in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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