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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
fact    Audio Help   [fakt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
2.something known to exist or to have happened: Space travel is now a fact.
3.a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.
4.something said to be true or supposed to have happened: The facts given by the witness are highly questionable.
5.Law. Often, facts. an actual or alleged event or circumstance, as distinguished from its legal effect or consequence. Compare question of fact, question of law.
—Idioms
6.after the fact, Law. after the commission of a crime: an accessory after the fact.
7.before the fact, Law. prior to the commission of a crime: an accessory before the fact.
8.in fact, actually; really; indeed: In fact, it was a wonder that anyone survived.
[Origin: 1530–40; < L factum something done, deed, n. use of neut. of factus done, ptp. of facere to do1]

—Related forms
factful, adjective
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fact
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Something having real, demonstrable existence.
Synonyms:  actuality, event, phenomenon, reality
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  actuality
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The quality of being actual or factual.
Synonyms:  factuality, factualness, reality, truth
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  circumstance
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  One of the conditions or facts attending an event and having some bearing on it.
Synonyms:  detail, factor, particular
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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