Definitions for FACT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.1 / 11 votes

1. factnoun

   a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

   "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. factnoun

   a concept whose truth can be proved

   "scientific hypotheses are not facts"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. factnoun

   Action; the realm of action.

2. factnoun

   A wrongful or criminal deed.

3. factnoun

   Feat.

4. factnoun

   An honest observation.

5. factnoun

   Something actual as opposed to invented.

   In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.

6. factnoun

   Something which has become real.

   The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.

7. factnoun

   Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

   Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.

8. 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.

9. factnoun

   Information about a particular subject.

   The facts about space travel.

10. Etymology: From factum, neuter of factus, perfect passive participle of facio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Factnoun

   Etymology: factum, Latin.

   1. A thing done; an effect produced; something not barely supposed or suspected, but really done.

   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.

   2. Reality; not supposition; not speculation.

   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.

   3. Action; deed.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Factnoun

   a doing, making, or preparing

2. Factnoun

   an effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance

3. Factnoun

   reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten

4. 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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. • Concept
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #238

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #233

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Nouns Frequency: #37

Anagrams for FACT »

1. acft

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FACT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FACT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of FACT in a Sentence

1. Anthony Grabiner:

   If this deal had not been done with this particular buyer the BHS business would have gone into administration 12 or 13 months earlier than in fact it did.

2. Donald Trump:

   OK, a few things here.First, the idea that the fact that Trump would describe a meeting with Comey differently than Comey has isn't perjury -- as Giuliani would like you to believe. It's a.

3. Alexander Alekhine:

   The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.

4. Nathan Hochman:

   Having the private data of citizens, people who have been able to get the permits … these are judges, law enforcement, domestic violence victims who were able to get that permit, to then put that information on the internet and allow anyone to have access to someone’s private data and address? This is one of the many tremendous failings of the Attorney General and his office. The fact they tried to quickly tried to take it off didn’t erase the error. I hope there is an investigation of the department of justice and Rob Bonta to find out how this happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again.

5. Johnny Galecki:

   When I started my production company it was No. 1 at the top of the list to try to do a comedy about religion, i recognized that these conversations [ about religion ] were n’t being had despite the fact that … 80 percent of people in the world subscribe their lives to some sort of spiritual belief.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FACT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fact
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FACT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FACT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FACT
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FACT