Fact

Word FACT
Character 4
Hyphenation fact
Pronunciations /fækt/

Definitions and meanings of "Fact"

What do we mean by fact?

Knowledge or information based on real occurrences. noun

Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed. noun

A real occurrence; an event. noun

Something believed to be true or real. noun

A thing that has been done, especially a crime. noun

A conclusion drawn by a judge or jury from the evidence in a case. noun

(in (point of) fact) In reality or in truth; actually. idiom

Anything done; an act; a deed; a feat. noun

A real state of things, as distinguished from a statement or belief; that in the real world agreement or disagreement with which makes a proposition true or false; a real inherence of an attribute in a substance, corresponding to the relation between the predicate and the subject of a proposition. noun

In law, an actual or alleged physical or mental event or existence, as distinguished from a legal effect or consequence: as in the phrases matter of fact, question of fact, the facts of the case, as distinguished from matter of law, question of law, the law of the case. noun

A doing, making, or preparing. noun

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

Reality; actuality; truth noun

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. noun

See under Accessary. noun

An actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative. noun

Action; the realm of action. noun

A wrongful or criminal deed. 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.

An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.

Action; the realm of action.

A wrongful or criminal deed.

A feat or meritorious deed.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fact

The word "fact" in example sentences

The very fact that he himself is punished for something quite arguable ´bogus´ meaning ´fact´ instead of ´opinion´...is disproportionate, as calling a treatment bogus, can never be seen as a fact it would mean my doctor would give me a litteral bogus if i came for a prescription. ❋ Jack Of Kent (2009)

From this conversation, together with previous ones, held with the same negro, and from after developments made to me at various places, and at different times, extending over a period of six weeks, I became acquainted with the fact -- and I _know_ it to be a _fact_ -- that there exists among the blacks a secret and wide-spread organization of a ❋ Various (N/A)

And again I believe that it will be led to its result very largely by what is, after all, perhaps the profoundest thought of Kant, the conviction that the most illuminating fact of all is the _fact_ of the absolute and unconditional obligatoriness of the law of right. ❋ Various (N/A)

In a Logic suitably reformed on this basis, it will be fitting to proclaim before all things this truth, and to draw from it all its consequences: the logical fact, _the only logical fact_, is _the concept_, the universal, the spirit that forms, and in so far as it forms, the universal. ❋ Benedetto Croce (1909)

They will accept the fact that "I-am-as-good-as-you-are" only when I prove it in brain, in brawn, in courtesy, in mental agility, in business acumen, in service -- in a word, _in fact_. ❋ Unknown (1903)

The plain fact is, that such identities as these must indicate one of two things: a common tradition, locally modified by circumstances; or a _fact in nature_ or _history_, symbolically expressed in different ways according to the times and modes. ❋ William Gates (1901)

Strangely, the most interesting fact (if _fact_ it be) that it builds a floating nest, gains scarcely more than chance notice from its historians. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

But the way in which such Appearance or fact shaped itself, -- what sort of _fact_ it became for him, -- was and is modified by his own laws of thinking; deep, subtle, but universal, ever-operating laws. ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

We are sorry to differ from your Excellency, but, really, Sir, we cannot consider an acknowledgment of our independence as a subject to be treated about; for while we feel ourselves to be independent in fact, and know ourselves to be so of right, we can see but one cause from whence an acknowledgment of it can flow as an effect, viz. _the existence and truth of the fact_. ❋ Jared Sparks (1827)

The truth is an important one; the fact (for it is a _fact_) is a valuable illustration of it. ❋ William Wordsworth (1810)

On _my_ mind this fact (for a _fact_ it is) produced the directly contrary effect; and inclined me to suspect, for the first time, that there may be some truth in the Spurzheimian scheme. ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

In fact it's an extension of BGG. xoclaraxo I agree! lol RT @jaysonkingsbeer: RT @itsJem: #fact i hate math. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* % day% - Day of the week (Monday - Sunday) * % date% - Current Date (mm/dd/yy) * % time% - Current Time (h: mm: ss AM/PM) * % acc% - Tweeting account (good for @'ing yourself, ie: "follow me - @%acc%") * % fact% - Grabs a random fact from the web ❋ DoingIt (2009)

Perhaps, after all, the one fact of history is God's work in it; in which case the scientific histories, with all their learning, with all their toil, will look rather small by the side of these imperfect compositions which at least saw vividly and recognized faithfully _the one fact_. " ❋ Washington Gladden (1877)

III. ii.85 (308,1) [As you were past all shame, (Those of your fact are so) [so past all truth] I do not remember that _fact_ is used any where absolutely for _guilt_, which must be its sense in this place. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

For those who don't share the faith — Republicans, for instance — Clintonism is in fact a code word for moral ambivalence. ❋ Unknown (2005)

She in fact is proably under investigation for being super dumb! ❋ Unknown (2009)

That, in fact, is what kept him in prison (actually, in a three bedroom house on a prison grounds) throughout the 1980s. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Playing devil's advocate: doesn't the fact that Bejeweled has sold more than Halo and WoW combined and appealed to a much broader audience show us that IT, in fact, is the "better" game? ❋ SVGL (2009)

Cross Reference for Fact

What does fact mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews