fact
noun
1 fact
A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
Roget 494:
fact,
reality
etc.
(existence)
1;
plain fact,
plain matter of fact;
nature
etc.
(principle)
5;
truth,
verity;
gospel,
gospel truth,
God's honest truth;
orthodoxy
etc.
983.1;
authenticity;
veracity
etc.
543;
correctness,
correctitude†.
accuracy,
exactitude;
exactness,
preciseness
etc.
adj.;
precision,
delicacy;
rigor,
mathematical precision,
punctuality;
clockwork precision
etc.
(regularity)
80;
conformity to rule;
nicety.
orthology†;
ipsissima verba [Lat.];
realism.
plain truth,
honest truth,
sober truth,
naked truth,
unalloyed truth,
unqualified truth,
stern truth,
exact truth,
intrinsic truth;
nuda veritas [Lat.];
the very thing;
not an illusion
etc.
495;
real Simon Pure;
unvarnished tale,
unvarnished truth;
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth;
just the thing.
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Roget 1:
existence,
being,
entity,
ens [Lat.],
esse [Lat.],
subsistence.
reality,
actuality;
positiveness
etc.
adj.;
fact,
matter of fact,
sober reality;
truth
etc.
494;
actual existence.
presence
etc.
(existence in space)
186;
coexistence
etc.
120.
stubborn fact,
hard fact;
not a dream
etc.
515;
no joke.
center of life,
essence,
inmost nature,
inner reality,
vital principle.
[Science of existence],
ontology.
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Roget 151:
eventuality,
event,
occurrence,
incident,
affair,
matter,
thing,
episode,
happening,
proceeding,
contingency,
juncture,
experience,
fact;
matter of fact;
naked fact,
bare facts,
just the facts;
phenomenon;
advent.
business,
concern,
transaction,
dealing,
proceeding;
circumstance,
particular,
casualty,
accident,
adventure,
passage,
crisis,
pass,
emergency,
contingency,
consequence;
opportunity
(occasion)
143.
the world,
life,
things,
doings,
affairs in general;
things in general,
affairs in general;
the times,
state of affairs,
order of the day;
course of things,
tide of things,
stream of things,
current of things,
run of things,
march of things,
course of events;
ups and downs of life,
vicissitudes of life;
chapter of accidents
etc.
(chance)
156;
situation
etc.
(circumstances)
8.
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Roget 474:
certainty;
necessity
etc.
601;
certitude,
surety,
assurance;
dead certainty,
moral certainty;
infallibleness
etc.
adj.;
infallibility,
reliability;
indubitableness,
inevitableness,
unquestionableness†.
gospel,
scripture,
church,
pope,
court of final appeal;
res judicata [Lat.],
ultimatum positiveness;
dogmatism,
dogmatist,
dogmatizer;
doctrinaire,
bigot,
opinionist†,
Sir Oracle;
ipse dixit [Lat.].
fact;
positive fact,
matter of fact;
fait accompli [Fr.].
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Dutch: feit, feitelijkheid, waarheid
Polish: fakt
2 fact
A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened.
Dutch: feit
3 fact
An event known to have happened or something known to have existed.
4 fact
A concept whose truth can be proved.
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