MATTER-OF-FACT

Meaning of MATTER-OF-FACT in English

adjective

said or done without showing any emotion, especially in a situation in which you would expect sb to express their feelings

SYN unemotional :

She told us the news of his death in a very matter-of-fact way.

► ˌmatter-of-ˈfactly adverb

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MATTER-OF-FACT — a. prosaic, practic
English interlingue dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — adjective Date: 1712 adhering to the unembellished facts, ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MATTER-OF-FACT — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: matter of fact 1. : adhering to or concerned with fact : not fanciful or imaginative a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATTER OF FACT — 1. : an actual occurrence : a matter that is or is demonstrable as fact 2. : a legal matter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — (a.) Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Английский словарь Webster
MATTER-OF-FACT — ( a. ) Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — — matter-of-factly , adv. — matter-of-factness , n. /mat"euhr euhv fakt"/ , adj. 1. adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MATTER OF FACT — 1. something of a factual nature, as an actual occurrence. 2. Law. a statement or allegation to be judged on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MATTER OF FACT — something that is a fact; straightforward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MATTER-OF-FACT — adjective Date: 1712 : adhering to the unembellished facts ; also : being plain, straightforward, or unemotional • mat·ter-of-fact·ly -ˈfak(t)-lē …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Webster English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — Pronunciation: ˌ ma-t ə r- ə (v)- ' fakt Function: adjective Date: 1712 : adhering to the unembellished facts also …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — 1》 concerned only with factual content. → matter of fact
Concise Oxford English vocab
MATTER OF FACT — ■ noun 1》 a fact as distinct from an opinion or conjecture. 2》 Law the part of a judicial inquiry …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — [mat.ter-of-fact] adj (1712): adhering to the unembellished facts; also: being plain, straightforward, or unemotional -- mat.ter-of-fact.ly adv -- mat.ter-of-fact.ness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — matter-of-fact BrE AmE ˌmæt‿ ə r əv ˈfækt ◂ -əˈ• AmE \ ˌmæt̬ ə r- ▷ matter-of-fact|ly li ▷ matter-of-fact|ness …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — ˌmatter-of-ˈfact BrE AmE adjective showing no emotion when you are talking about something exciting, frightening, upsetting etc matter-of-fact about Jan …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj. (see also MATTER). 1 unimaginative, prosaic. 2 unemotional. øømatter-of-factly adv. matter-of-factness n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj. (see also MATTER). 1. unimaginative, prosaic. 2 unemotional. Derivatives: matter-of-factly adv. matter-of-factness n.
Oxford English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — If you describe a person as matter-of-fact , you mean that they show no emotions such as enthusiasm, anger, or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — If you describe a person as ~, you mean that they show no emotions such as enthusiasm, anger, or surprise, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MATTER-OF-FACT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES matter-of-fact (= showing no emotion when what you are saying is exciting, frightening, upsetting, etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MATTER-OF-FACT — Synonyms and related words : boring, colorless, direct, dry, dull, factual, featureless, flat, forthright, lifeless, mundane, prosaic, sober, straightforward, tiresome, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATTER OF FACT — Synonyms and related words : absolute fact, accepted fact, actual fact, admitted fact, adventure, axiom, bald fact, bare fact, brutal …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATTER-OF-FACT — {adj.} 1. Simply telling or showing the truth; not explaining or telling more. * /The newspaper gave a matter-of-fact account …
Slang English vocab
MATTER OF FACT — {n. phr.} Something that is really true; something that can be proved. * /The town records showed that it was …
Slang English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: REALISTIC , down-to-earth, earthy, hard-boiled, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic, sober, unidealistic, unsentimental Related Words: objective, sound 2 …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — I . n. Fact, reality, actuality. II . a. 1. Ordinary, commonplace. 2. Practical, sensible, plain, prosaic, unimaginative, dry.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MATTER-OF-FACT — adjective 1. Synonyms: realistic , down-to-earth, earthy, hard-boiled, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic, sober, unidealistic, unsentimental Related Word: objective, sound 2. Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj. Matter-of-fact is used with these nouns: ↑ tone , ↑ voice
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — See ↑ FEEL 13
Longman Activator English vocab
MATTER OF FACT — • ↑ actually/as a matter of fact/in fact
Longman Activator English vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — 25B6; adjective UNEMOTIONAL, practical, down-to-earth, sensible, realistic, rational, sober, unsentimental, pragmatic, businesslike, commonsensical, level-headed, hard-headed, no-nonsense, factual, literal, straightforward, plain, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MATTER OF FACT — {n. phr.} Something that is really true; something that can be proved. * /The town records showed that it was …
Словарь английских идиом
MATTER-OF-FACT — {adj.} 1. Simply telling or showing the truth; not explaining or telling more. * /The newspaper gave a matter-of-fact account …
Словарь английских идиом
MATTER OF FACT — something that is really true, something that can be proved As a matter of fact I saw him last night …
English Idioms vocab
MATTER-OF-FACT — adj. 1. Simply telling or showing the truth; not explaining or telling more. The newspaper gave a matter-of-fact account of …
American Idioms English vocabulary
MATTER OF FACT — n. phr. Something that is really true; something that can be proved. The town records showed that it was a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
MATTER OF FACT — действительность, реальность as a matter of fact реальная действительность; факт; фактическое обстоятельство - as a * фактически, на самом деле; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — прил. основанный на фактах, сухой, прозаичный; лишенный фантазии Syn : unimaginative, prosaic буквальный; фактический скучный, сухой, прозаичный, лишенный фантазии matter-of-fact …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Формальный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Формален
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Фактический
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Сухой
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Сух
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Прозаичный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Прозаический
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — Прозаичен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER OF FACT — реальная действительность; факт; фактическое обстоятельство as a matter of fact - а) фактически, на самом деле; б) по сути дела, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MATTER-OF-FACT — a 1. буквальный; фактический 2. скучный, сухой, прозаичный, лишённый фантазии
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MATTER-OF-FACT — сухой, лишённый воображения, прозаический
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MATTER OF FACT — matter of fact действительность, реальность - as a matter of fact
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MATTER OF FACT — (a) буквальный; лишенный фантазии; прозаичный; скучный; сухой; фактический
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MATTER-OF-FACT — a 1. буквальный; фактический 2. скучный, сухой, прозаичный, лишённый фантазии
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MATTER OF FACT — реальная действительность; факт; фактическое обстоятельство as a ~ - а) фактически, на самом деле; б) по сути дела, в сущности, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MATTER OF FACT — реальная действительность; факт; фактическое обстоятельство as a matter of fact - а) фактически, на самом деле; б) по сути дела, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER-OF-FACT — a 1. буквальный; фактический 2. скучный, сухой, прозаичный, лишённый фантазии
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MATTER OF FACT — реальная действительность, факт, не вызывающее сомнений обстоятельство, прозаичный, практичный, сухой, лишенный фантазии
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MATTER OF FACT — реальная действительность, факт, не вызывающее сомнений обстоятельство, прозаичный, практичный, сухой, лишенный фантазии
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MATTER-OF-FACT — прил. основанный на фактах, сухой, прозаичный; лишенный фантазии Syn: unimaginative , prosaic
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MATTER OF FACT — действительность, реальность - as a matter of fact
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MATTER-OF-FACT — прил. основанный на фактах, сухой, прозаичный; лишенный фантазии Syn: unimaginative, prosaic
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MATTER OF FACT — действительность, реальность - as a matter of fact
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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