fact
Meaning of fact
noun
- a thing that is known or proved to be true.
he ignores some historical and economic facts
the most commonly known fact about hedgehogs is that they have fleas
a body of fact
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.
Information about fact
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fact is: facts.
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Hyphenation of fact
fact
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- fact is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
fact synonyms
Meaning a thing that is actually experienced or seen, especially when this is unpleasant:
Meaning the state of existing in reality:
Meaning firm conviction that something is the case:
Meaning absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case:
Meaning a fact or belief that is accepted as true:
Meaning a true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance:
Meaning a thing that is absolutely true:
fact antonyms
Meaning the way, direction, or position in which something lies:
Meaning literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people:
Translation of fact
Words that rhyme with fact
Relefact, Suprefact, antefact, arefact, artefact, benefact, frigefact, labefact, artifact, ventifact, olfact, confact, nonfact, unfact, geofact, counterfact, postfact, manufact
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