Fact

Noun

 * 1)  Action; the realm of action.
 * 2)  A wrongful or criminal deed.
 * 3) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
 * She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].
 * He had become an accessory after the fact.
 * 1)  Feat.
 * 2) An honest observation.
 * 3) Something actual as opposed to invented.
 * In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.
 * 1) Something which has become real.
 * The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.
 * 1) Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
 * Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) Information about a particular subject.
 * The facts about space travel.
 * 1) Information about a particular subject.
 * The facts about space travel.

Antonyms

 * fiction

Derived terms

 * factual
 * factoid


 * accessory before the fact
 * after the fact
 * as a matter of fact
 * attorney-in-fact


 * contrary to fact
 * fact-finding
 * fact-finder
 * fact of life
 * fact or fiction
 * fact sheet


 * finding of fact
 * in fact
 * in point of fact
 * Is that a fact?
 * question of fact

Related terms

 * fashion
 * faction
 * factor
 * factorial
 * factory
 * factotum

Adjectives for Fact
mere; ugly; unassorted (pi); stark; unvarnished; statistical; unpalatable; vital; ultimate; iron; serious; gratifying; timely; curious; salient; undoubted; indisputable; astonishing; surprising; marvelous; miracul¬ous; magnificent; confounding; unheard-of; singular; extraordinary; incredible; unforeseen; rarest; private; enviable; subtle; outstanding; isolated; well-established; simple; unfortunate; significant; smallest; natural; cosmic; accomplished; psychological; grim; historic; lamentable; practical; dominant; sordid; illuminating; governing; eternal; insuppressible; inexplicable; remarkable; systematizing; ineluctable; conceded; multifarious  (pi) ;  straight-from-the-shoulder; scientific; interesting; striking; noteworthy; accepted; inexorable; cruel; prosaic; hard; sprightly; inescapable; persistent; settled; essential; contradictory; embellished; deniable; stubborn; fundamental; revolting; unanswerable; disgraceful; unrelated; concomitant; intriguing; optical; naked; undevi-ating; instructive; damaging; changing; fluid; amazing; full; free; cold; startling; elemental; important; demonstrated; unconventional; permanent; visible; notorious; well-ascertained; brutal; preliminary; relevant; bitter; admitted; melancholy; deplorable; embodying; memorable; bare; palpable; unquestionable; authenticated; cardioal; incontrovertible; worthy; final; ulti¬mate; absolute; graphical; quiet; special; patent; unsuspected; unguessed; reasonable; architectural; dark; mysterious; concrete; palpitating; delightful; irresistible; delicious;  unimpugnable;   analogous;   sinful; well-known; conspicuous; clear; distinct; firm; passionless; impartial; noticed; meticulous; illuminating; scanty; inert; vivid; tremendous; previous; exact; formidable; unconnected; first; empirical; acoustical; external; perpetual; bald, encouraging; physical; plain; ascertained; convincing; horrific; central; negative; basic; tangible; indubitable; geological; suggestive; trivial rudimentary; clenching; acquired; outward adduced; inconvenient; major; self-evident commonplace; verifiable; supreme; actual positive; sheer; apparent; acknowledged ethical; diverting; sober; unpleasant; disturbing; unpoetic; tragic; queer; fantastic; colorful; fabulous; notable; stirring; buried; laborious; discovered; overwhelming; exhaustive; multitudinous   (pi) ;  detailed; hazy; confusing; experimental; paradoxical; observed; challenging; superficial; immaterial.

Verbs for Fact
accept —; account for —; accumulate —s; allude to —; amplify —; apprise of —; array —s; ascertain —; ascribe — to; assail —; assemble —s; attest to —; awake to —; bear out by —; belittle —; bemoan —; blind to —; blur —; bring — to light; bring home —; certify —; cite —; collate —; color —; confirm —; conform to —; confront with —; construe —; cram with —s; credit —; de¬bate —; deduce —; demonstrate —; deny —; deplore —; digest—; disclose —; disen¬tangle —s; disguise —; distort —; divulge —; dodge —; embrace —; emphasize —; establish —; evidence by —; exhaust —s; exploit —; expound —; face —; found on —; garble —s; generalize —s; glean —s; grant —; grapple with —; grasp —; harp on —; ignore —; impress with —; interpret '—; Juggle —s; master —; misconstrue —; misrepresent —; mull over —s; obscure —; oppose —; outweigh —; overlook —; override —; ponder —; question —; recapitulate —s; reconcile —s-; refute —; regale with —s; rehash —s; represent as —; rest upon —; run counter to —; sift —s; stress —; stud with —s substantiate —; suppress —; trace — to; transform —s; unearth —; ver¬ify —; weigh —; wrestle with —; cohere; — dawns; — depresses; — disquiets; — illustrates; — looms; — sinks in; —startles; — supports; — verifies.

Thesaurus
absolute fact, accepted fact, accomplishment, act, actual fact, actuality, actually, admitted fact, adventure, article, aspect, authenticity, axiom, bald fact, bare fact, basis for belief, body of evidence, brutal fact, case, certainty, chain of evidence, circumstance, clue, cold fact, conceded fact, count, data, datum, deed, demonstrable fact, detail, details, documentation, element, empirical fact, episode, established fact, eternal verities, event, evidence, exhibit, experience, facet, fact of experience, factor, factors, facts, factually, fait accompli, genuineness, given fact, good sooth, grounds, grounds for belief, hap, happening, happenstance, hard fact, historical truth, historicity, in fact, in reality, in truth, incident, incidental, indeed, indication, indisputable fact, inescapable fact, information, instance, item, item of evidence, items, low-down, manifestation, mark, material grounds, matter, matter of fact, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, muniments, mute witness, naked fact, not guesswork, not opinion, observable, occasion, occurrence, particular, particulars, phenomenon, piece of evidence, plain, point, points, positive fact, postulate, premises, proof, provable fact, reality, really, reason to believe, regard, relevant fact, respect, salient fact, self-evident fact, sign, significant fact, simple fact, sober fact, sooth, stubborn fact, symptom, the case, the nitty-gritty, the score, the true, thing, to be sure, token, trueness, truly, truth, truthfully, truthfulness, turn of events, ultimate truth, undeniable fact, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, veracity, verity, very truth, well-known fact

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

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/f{kt/}}

Translations

 * Arabic: معلومة,
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: kendsgerning, faktum
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (じじつ, jijitsu)
 * Latvian: fakts,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: dejstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: makatotohanang obserbasyon


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 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: virkelighed
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tõsiasi,
 * Finnish: ,
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 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: dato di fatto
 * Japanese: (じじつ, jijitsu)
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: dejstvo
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kendsgerning
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tõsiasi,
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
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 * Japanese: (げんじつ, genjitsu)
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: dejstvo
 * Swedish:


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 * Chinese:
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 * Croatian:
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 * Danish: kendsgerning, faktum
 * Dutch:
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 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
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 * Japanese: (じじつ, jijitsu)
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: dejstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kendsgerning, faktum
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Japanese: (じじつ, jijitsu)
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: dejstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kendsgerning, faktum
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German: ,
 * Japanese: (じつじょう, jitsujō)
 * Novial: faktu, faktum
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: fato, facto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * : fakt
 * : факт
 * : fet
 * : faktum, kendsgerning
 * : fakto


 * : kenyataan, fakta
 * : fatto
 * : hecho
 * : olgu

Anagrams

 * acft