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   fact

   /fakt/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is known or proved to be true: "he ignores some historical and economic facts" Similar realityactualitycertaintyfactualitycertitudetruthnaked truthveritygospelOpposite liefiction
   • ▪ information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article: "even the most inventive journalism peters out without facts, and in this case there were no facts" Similar detailpiece of informationparticularitemspecificelementpointfactorfeaturecharacteristicrespectingredientattributecircumstanceconsiderationaspectfacetinformationitemized informationwhole storyinformal:infolow-downscoredopegen
   • ▪ the truth about events as opposed to interpretation: "there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘an act’, later ‘a crime’, surviving in the phrase before (or after) the fact. The earliest of the current senses (‘truth, reality’) dates from the late 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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