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English

Etymology

From Latin perfect passive participle factus , "something made" ( cf. manufacture), from verb facere , make or do

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fækt/
• SAMPA: /f{kt/

Noun

fact ( plural facts )

1. An honest observation
2. Something actual as opposed to invented.

   In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact , but the rest is fiction.

3. Something which has become real.

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

4. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

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

5. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.

   There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.

6. Information about a particular subject.

   The facts about space travel.

Related terms

• factual
• fiction
• fact or fiction
• fact of life
• in fact

Translations

An honest observation

Something actual

Something which has become real

Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation

An objective consensus on a fundamental reality

Information about a particular subject

• Albanian : fakt m
• Bulgarian : факт m
• Catalan : fet m
• Chinese : 事实/事實 (shìshí), 实情/實情 (shiqing), 真相 (zhenxiang), 实际/實際 (shiji)
• Croatian : činjenica f
• Czech : fakt m
• Esperanto : fakto
• Finnish : fakta, tosiasia
• French : fait m , vérité f
• German : Tatsache f . (1, 3-5), Wirklichkeit f . (2), Faktum ( East German: Fakt) n . , pl. Fakten (3-5)
• Hungarian : tény
• Ido : fakto
• Indonesian : kenyataan, fakta
• Italian : fatto f
• Japanese : 事実 (じじつ), 現実 (げんじつ), 実際 (じっさい)
• Polish : fakt m . (1-5)
• Portuguese : fato m ( Brazil ) , facto ( Portugal )
• Romanian : fapt f and m
• Russian : факт m
• Slovene : dejstvo n (1,3,4,5)
• Spanish : hecho m .
• Swedish : faktum

Other Translations for "fact"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		fact
Hex		66 e1 63 74
Pig Latin		actfay

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