What does FACT mean?

Definitions for FACTfækt

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fact(noun)


    "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

  2. fact(noun)


    "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

  3. fact(noun)

    an event known to have happened or something known to have existed


  4. fact(noun)

    a concept whose truth can be proved

    "scientific hypotheses are not facts"


  1. fact(Noun)

    Action; the realm of action.

  2. fact(Noun)

    A wrongful or criminal deed.

  3. fact(Noun)


  4. fact(Noun)

    An honest observation.

  5. fact(Noun)

    Something actual as opposed to invented.


  6. fact(Noun)

    Something which has become real.

    The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.

  7. fact(Noun)

    Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

    Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.

  8. fact(Noun)



  9. fact(Noun)

    Information about a particular subject.

    The facts about space travel.

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fact(noun)

    a doing, making, or preparing

  2. Fact(noun)


  3. Fact(noun)


  4. Fact(noun)



  1. Fact


Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fact

    fakt, n. a deed or anything done: anything that comes to pass: reality, or a real state of things, as distinguished from a mere statement or belief, a datum of experience: truth: the assertion of a thing done: an evil deed, a sense now surviving only in 'to confess the fact,' 'after' or 'before the fact.'—adj. Fact′ual, pertaining to facts: actual.—ns. Factual′ity; Fact′um, a thing done, a deed.—As a matter of fact, in reality.—The fact of the matter, the plain truth about the subject in question. [L. factumfacĕre, to make.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #238

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #233

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FACT' in Nouns Frequency: #37


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FACT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FACT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. George Bernard Shaw:


  2. Carissa Christensen:

    It will be one more fact companies fold into their decisions and their negotiations, but it's not going to be the only fact, and it's certainly not going to be the most important fact.

  3. Mark Twain:


  4. Norman Vincent Peale:


  5. Carissa Christensen:

    I don't think the accident is going to cause a mass move away from SpaceX, it will be one more fact companies fold into their decisions and their negotiations, but it's not going to be the only fact, and it's certainly not going to be the most important fact.

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