What does fact mean?
Definitions for fact
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Princeton's WordNet
factnoun
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
"first you must collect all the facts of the case"
factnoun
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"
factnoun
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"
factnoun
a concept whose truth can be proved
"scientific hypotheses are not facts"
Wiktionary
factnoun
Action; the realm of action.
factnoun
A wrongful or criminal deed.
factnoun
Feat.
factnoun
An honest observation.
factnoun
Something actual as opposed to invented.
In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.
factnoun
Something which has become real.
The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.
factnoun
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
factnoun
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.
factnoun
Information about a particular subject.
The facts about space travel.
Etymology: From factum, neuter of factus, perfect passive participle of facio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Factnoun
Etymology: factum, Latin.
In matter of fact there is some credit to be given to the testimony of man; but not in matter of opinion and judgment: we see the contrary both acknowledged and universally practised also throughout the world. Richard Hooker, b. ii. s. 7.
As men are not to mistake the causes of these operations, so much less are they to mistake the fact or effect, and rashly to take that for done which is not done. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.
Matter of fact breaks out and blazes with too great an evidence to be denied. Robert South, Sermons.
Those effects which are wrought by the percussion of the sense, and by things in fact, are produced likewise in some degree by the imagination: therefore if a man see another eat sour or acid things, which set the teeth on edge, that object tainteth the imagination. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 795.
If this were true in fact, I do not see any colour for such a conclusion. Joseph Addison, on the State of the War.
Manifold sins, though in speculation they may be separable from war, in reality and fact never fail to attend it. George Smalridge.
Unhappy man! to break the pious laws
Of nature, pleading in his children’s cause:
Howe’er the doubtful fact is understood,
’Tis love of honour and his country’s good;
The consul, not the father, sheds the blood. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Fact
A fact is something that is consistent with objective reality or that can be proven with evidence. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability — that is whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means.
ChatGPT
fact
A fact is a piece of information that is based on reality or truth and can be proven with concrete evidence. It is an objective statement that is not influenced by personal feelings or interpretations.
Webster Dictionary
Factnoun
a doing, making, or preparing
Factnoun
an effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance
Factnoun
reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten
Factnoun
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
Wikidata
Fact
A fact is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be proven to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable experiments.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fact
fakt, 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. [L. factum—facĕre, to make.]
Editors Contribution
fact
Data or information that is verified as accurate, real and true.
Facts are vital to empower truthful and honest debate.
Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fact in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fact in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of fact in a Sentence
So I mean, how does this play out? This is all happening notwithstanding the fact that the putative leader of the Republican Party is the former president, who is continuing to argue day in and day out that Biden is an illegitimate president, i think it's very clear that you're going to see 2024 as a more significant political crisis for the United States than 2020 was.
There are two sets of rules and that has to be a glaring fact to anyone even pretending to pay attention to what is happening.
As you have seen in free agency, a lot of different people went to a lot of different places, so, the fact that we have minicamps, that gives people like me ... a chance to come in and get a head start on the playbook. For the teams that didn't do that, I think we have a head start on them.
If he does this would be the first instance of a truly coordinated monetary and fiscal push. Investors may be comforted by the fact that policymakers are willing to deploy their full ammunition - moving a step closer to helicopter money.
My office asked The USPS officials to delay or not send the mailer in Colorado, but they refused to commit to that, the importance of this election, combined with the fact it is being held amidst a national pandemic, further heightens the need to provide correct voting information to Coloradans.
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- حقيقة, معلومة, واقعةArabic
- фактBelarusian
- фактBulgarian
- fetCatalan, Valencian
- skutečnost, faktCzech
- ffaithWelsh
- kendsgerning, faktum, virkelighedDanish
- Faktum, Tatsache, FaktGerman
- γεγονόςGreek
- faktoEsperanto
- hechoSpanish
- fakt, tõsiasiEstonian
- حقیقت, فاکتPersian
- tosiasia, fakta, tietoFinnish
- fait, véritéFrench
- fìrinnScottish Gaelic
- तथ्यHindi
- tényHungarian
- փաստArmenian
- faktaIndonesian
- raun, staðreynd, raunveruleikiIcelandic
- dato di fatto, fattoItalian
- עוּבדָהHebrew
- 現実, 事実, 実情Japanese
- ფაქტიGeorgian
- 사실Korean
- fethCornish
- болмуш, күч, жароо, чындык, факт, окуяKyrgyz
- faktasLithuanian
- fakts, notikumsLatvian
- mekaMāori
- feitDutch
- faktumNorwegian
- fachOccitan
- faktPolish
- fato, factoPortuguese
- fat, fatgRomansh
- fapt, faptăRomanian
- фактRussian
- fatuSardinian
- чињеница, čȉnjenicaSerbo-Croatian
- fakt, skutočnosťSlovak
- dejstvoSlovene
- verklighet, faktumSwedish
- உண்மையில்Tamil
- నిజానికిTelugu
- makatotohanang obserbasyonTagalog
- фактUkrainian
- sự thật, sự việcVietnamese
- fwaitWalloon
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