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Definition of Accomplished fact
1. Noun. An irreversible accomplishment.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accomplished Fact
Literary usage of Accomplished fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"... elder Niepce and bitumen— Daguerre discovers daguerreotype — Talbot — Photography
an accomplished fact—Wet collodion—The first dry plates—Developments ..."
2. America and the Canal Title; Or, An Examination, Sifting and Interpretation by Joseph C. Freehoff (1916)
"That is already an accomplished fact. The question, and the only question, is
whether or not we shall build an Isthmian Canal. I transmit herewith copies of ..."
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