fait accompli
accomplished fact | an irreversible accomplishment |
| search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
determination
finding | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation, the determination of molecular structures |
| mission missionary work | the organized work of a religious missionary |
mission
charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
| mission impossible | an extremely dangerous or difficult mission |
suicide mission
martyr operation
sacrifice operation | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself, usually accomplished with a bomb |
fraud in fact
positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
| mission military mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters, the planes were on a bombing mission |
| combat mission | a mission to capture or defend something |
| search mission | a mission to discover something |
| search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
peacekeeping
peacekeeping mission
peacekeeping operation | the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) |
| reconnaissance reconnaissance mission | the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy), an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission |
| finding | the decision of a court on issues of fact or law |
verdict
finding of fact | (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision, can be used in formulating a judgment |
finding of law
conclusion of law | a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts |
| fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred, first you must collect all the facts of the case |
| matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
| scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) |
| fact | a concept whose truth can be proved, scientific hypotheses are not facts |
| fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened, he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts |
question of fact
matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
deputation
commission delegation
delegacy
mission | a group of representatives or delegates |
| diplomatic mission | a mission serving diplomatic ends |
legation
foreign mission | a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister |
mission missionary post
missionary station
foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
| finding | something that is found, the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner, an area rich in archaeological findings |
| accessory after the fact | a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony |
| accessory before the fact | a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration |
| accessory during the fact | a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it |
mission bells rice-grain fritillary
Fritillaria affinis
Fritillaria lanceolata
Fritillaria mutica | herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers |
mission bells black fritillary
Fritillaria biflora | herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green |
indicative mood
indicative
declarative mood
declarative
common mood
fact mood | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
| fact | an event known to have happened or something known to have existed, your fears have no basis in fact, how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell |
counterfactual
contrary to fact | going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) |
fact-finding
investigative
investigatory | designed to find information or ascertain facts, a fact-finding committee, investigative reporting |
matter-of-fact
pragmatic
pragmatical | concerned with practical matters, a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem, a matter-of-fact account of the trip |
matter-of-fact
prosaic | not fanciful or imaginative, local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones, a prosaic and unimaginative essay |
in fact
in point of fact
as a matter of fact | in reality or actuality, in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived, painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated, as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father |