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Definitions for factual
ˈfæk tʃu əlfac·tu·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. actual, factualadjective

    existing in act or fact

    "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

  2. factualadjective

    of or relating to or characterized by facts

    "factual considerations"

GCIDE

  1. factualadjective

    containing only facts (as contrasted with opinions or speculations); as, a factual report.

Wiktionary

  1. factualadjective

    Of or characterised by or consisting of facts.

  2. Etymology: From fact and -al (improperly formed, after analogy of actual).

Wikipedia

  1. factual

    A fact is a datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance, which, if accepted as true and proven true, allows a logical conclusion to be reached on a true–false evaluation. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means. For example, "This sentence contains words." accurately describes a linguistic fact, and "The sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States" and "Abraham Lincoln was assassinated" both accurately describe historical facts. Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief and of knowledge and opinion. Facts are different from theories, values, and objects.

ChatGPT

  1. factual

    Factual refers to something that is based on facts or real occurrences. It is characterized by being true, accurate, exact, and not influenced by personal beliefs, interpretations, or emotions. Anything that can be proven with evidence or verified as a reality can be considered factual.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Factualadjective

    relating to, or containing, facts

CrunchBase

  1. Factual

    Factual is a location platform that provides global location data and tools enabling mobile app developers, publishers, and advertisers to create personalized, contextually relevant mobile experiences. Factual was founded in 2007 by Gil Elbaz, co-founder of Applied Semantics (which launched ASI’s AdSense product). Its core product is its Global Places data, which provides location data covering 65 million local businesses and points of interest in 50 countries. It also provides more in-depth data on restaurants, hotels, and doctors. Its platform includes tools to help developers map data across APIs and manage location data. The data is made available via API or full downloads.

Editors Contribution

  1. factual

    Relating to fact.

    Factual information is vital for making informed choices.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of factual in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of factual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of factual in a Sentence

  1. Diane Blair:

    A lot of serious news reporting has become more entertainment driven and more opinion-driven as opposed to factual, people book onto the shows, political figures, commentators who will be controversial who will be provocative because it's a good show. You might not learn anything but you might be entertained and I think that's just become an unfortunate pattern that I wish could be broken.

  2. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

    It's just a factual statement that is factually wrong, i mean there are many things you can debate in the Constitution because they're ambiguous. This is not one of those things that is ambiguous.

  3. Executive Barclay Berdan:

    Dr. Daniel Varga's testimony before Congress was factual and accurate and any implication to the contrary is both false and irresponsible.

  4. Boris Pasternak:

    What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.

  5. Donald Kochan:

    There is a factual precedent such as West Virginia, but there have not been court cases to identify a procedure to create a new state.

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