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facit

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Latin

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Verb

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facit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of faciō

Swedish

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Noun

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facit n

  1. An answer key; a guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
    Inte ens läraren var helt säker på att hon hade rätt så vi var tvungna att titta i facit.
    Not even the teacher was completely sure that she was right, so we had to check the answer key.
  2. (figuratively) The result of an (often complex) action; hindsight.
    Med facit i hand förstod vi att vi skulle ha tagit en annan väg.
    With the benefit of hindsight, we realized that we should have taken a different path.
    (literally, “With the answer key in hand, we realized that we should have taken a different path.”)

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