fait accompli

fait accompli
noun (singular) French something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed faith /feIT/ noun
1 TRUST/BELIEF IN SB/STH (U) a strong belief that someone or something can be trusted to be right or to do the right thing : have faith in: I have great faith in her, she won't let me down. | destroy/restore sb's faith in (=take away or give back their faith): It's really restored my faith in human nature. | lose faith in: The public has quite simply lost faith in the government.
2 RELIGION
a) (U) belief and trust in God: deep religious faith
 (+ in): my faith in God
b) (C) one of the main religions in the world: people from all faiths | the Jewish faith
3 break faith with to stop supporting or believing in a person, organization, or idea: How could he tell them the truth without breaking faith with the Party?
4 keep faith with to continue to support or believe in a person, organization, or idea
5 good faith honest and sincere intentions: He proposed a second meeting as a sign of his good faith. | in good faith (=without intending to deceive someone): The woman who sold me the car claimed she had acted in good faith.
6 an act of faith something you do that shows you trust someone completely: Letting Sammy borrow my new camera was a real act of faith.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Fait accompli — (französisch: vollendete Tatsache) ist eine aus dem Französischen stammende Redewendung. Die im Deutschen immer weniger verwendete Redewendung bezeichnet einen nicht mehr rückgängig zu machenden Sachverhalt. Ein historisches Beispiel für eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Fait accompli — Fait ac|com|pli* [fɛtakõ pli] das; , s s [fɛza...] <aus gleichbed. fr. fait accompli zu fait »Tat(sache)« (dies aus lat. factum, vgl. ↑Faktum) u. accompli, Part. Perf. von accomplir »vollenden«, dies aus gleichbed. lat. complere, eigtl. »(aus …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • fait accompli — I noun accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, carrying through, certainty, completeness, completion, consummation, deed done, effectuation, execution, fact, finished product, fruition, fulfillment,… …   Law dictionary

  • Fait accompli — (franz., spr. fä t akongplī), »vollendete Tatsache«, die nicht mehr rückgängig zu machen ist …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • fait accompli — French, lit. an accomplished fact (see FEAT (Cf. feat)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fait accompli — (izg. fet akomplȉ) DEFINICIJA term. ono što se ne može promijeniti; gotova stvar, svršen čin, fatto compianto ETIMOLOGIJA fr …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • fait accompli — pronounced fayt ǝ kom plee, means ‘a settled arrangement or circumstance that cannot be altered’. It is now commonly printed in roman type …   Modern English usage

  • fait accompli — [n] done deed accomplished fact, certainty, fact of life, hard facts, irreversible accomplishment, irreversible act, irreversible truth, matter of fact, reality, undeniable fact; concepts 689,725 …   New thesaurus

  • fait accompli — ► NOUN ▪ a thing that has been done or decided and cannot now be altered. ORIGIN French, accomplished fact …   English terms dictionary

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