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Definition of prima facie adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

prima facie

adjective

NAmE//ˌpraɪmə ˈfeɪʃi//

, NAmE//ˌpraɪməˈfeɪʃə//

, NAmE//ˌpriməˈfeɪʃi//

, NAmE//ˌprimə ˈfeɪʃə//

[only before noun] (from Latin) (law)

based on what at first seems to be true, although it may be proved false later prima facie evidence

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prima facie adverb

Prima facie, there is a strong case against him.See prima facie in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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