Fact
[fækt]
Definition
(noun.) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; 'first you must collect all the facts of the case'.
(noun.) a concept whose truth can be proved; 'scientific hypotheses are not facts'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
Typed by Carolyn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A doing, making, or preparing.
(n.) An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
(n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
(n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
Edited by Kelsey
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Incident, event, occurrence, circumstance, act, deed, performance, thing done.[2]. Reality, act, actuality, certainty, real existence.
Typed by Damian
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Truth, deed, occurrence, certainty, circumstance, event, reality
ANT:Fiction, supposition, falsehood, unreality, lie, delusion, chimera, invention,romance
Edited by Henry
Definition
n. a deed or anything done: anything that comes to pass: reality or a real state of things as distinguished from a mere statement or belief a datum of experience: truth: the assertion of a thing done: an evil deed a sense now surviving only in 'to confess the fact ' 'after' or 'before the fact.'—adj. Fact′ual pertaining to facts: actual.—ns. Factual′ity; Fact′um a thing done a deed.—As a matter of fact in reality.—The fact of the matter the plain truth about the subject in question.
Typist: Oliver
Examples
- I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The fact is, my young friend,' said Mr. Stiggins solemnly, 'he has an obderrate bosom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The sign Bell out of order is usually due to the fact that the battery is either temporarily or permanently exhausted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was the superficial unreal world of fact. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In childhood and youth, with their relative freedom from economic stress, this fact is naked and unconcealed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There were, in fact, but few things which Luttrell did not vote a tax on life, being one of the most dissatisfied men I ever knew. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In fact, he did not know anything about the station, anyway. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was, in fact, the cause of my throwing myself in Mr Boffin's way, and entering his service. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At the old lodgings it was understood that he was summoned to Dover, and, in fact, he was taken down the Dover road and cornered out of it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You see all _facts_ go to prove what I say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Those were very simple facts, and my judgment went no farther. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is more laborious to accumulate facts than to reason concerning them; but one good experiment is of more value than the ingenuity of a brain like Newton's. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. Plato. The Republic.
- Those are the facts of the case, Doctor, and if they are of any use to your collection, I am sure that they are very heartily at your service. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You can call my attention to all these facts, retorted Crispin promptly, but you don't enter that house until I know what you are going to do. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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