FACT

fact

(noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; “first you must collect all the facts of the case”

fact

(noun) a concept whose truth can be proved; “scientific hypotheses are not facts”

fact

(noun) 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”

fact

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fact (countable and uncountable, plural facts)

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.

(legal, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.

(obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.

Antonyms

• (Something actual): fiction

Interjection

fact

Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

Anagrams

• acft

Proper noun

FACT

(UK) Initialism of Federation Against Copyright Theft.

(US) Initialism of Federation of American Consumers and Travelers.

Anagrams

• acft

Source: Wiktionary

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Fact, n. Etym: [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]

1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.

2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance. What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. Evelyn. He who most excels in fact of arms. Milton.

3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

4. 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. I do not grant the fact. De Foe. This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. Roger Long.

Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. Burrill Bouvier. Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary.

– Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of- fact narration.

Syn.

– Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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