accomplished fact

1. 1.

   an irreversible accomplishment

   Synonymsfait accompli

   Broaderaccomplishment

Questions about accomplished fact

What does accomplished fact mean?

accomplished fact means "an irreversible accomplishment".

What is another word for accomplished fact?

Close synonyms include fait accompli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accomplished fact a common word?

accomplished fact is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.