facit

See also: Facit

Latin

Verb

facit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of faciō

Swedish

Noun

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.”)

References

• facit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• facit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)