fact
IPA: fˈækt
noun
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
- Something which is real.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
- (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
- (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
- (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
- (UK) Initialism of Federation Against Copyright Theft.
- (US) Initialism of Federation of American Consumers and Travelers.
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Examples of "fact" in Sentences
- I am not condemning you, but the fact is the fact.
- Investigators sift through facts, false information.
- The declarative memory memorizes facts, and information.
- The facts are the facts, whether they are flattering or not.
- The mere fact that the data came from the Ohio DOE is unimportant.
- The idea of any encyclopedia is to inform, not obfuscate the facts.
- This is the fact and the article should relay the fact to the readers.
- Everybody is trying to put the facts and enrich and share the knowledge.
- I understand your somewhat visceral reaction, but the facts are the facts.
- In fact, the amount of information in this thread is becoming quite forbidding.
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