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

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