fact

Etymology
From, from ; also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of , perfect passive participle of , ultimately from. Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. .

Noun

 * 1) Something actual as opposed to invented.
 * 2) Something which is real.
 * Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
 * 1) Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
 * 2) An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
 * 3) Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
 * Addition facts include 2 + 2 = 4 and 3 + 4 = 7.
 * 1)  An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
 * 2)  Action; the realm of action.
 * 3)  A wrongful or criminal deed.
 * 4)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * Addition facts include 2 + 2 = 4 and 3 + 4 = 7.
 * 1)  An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
 * 2)  Action; the realm of action.
 * 3)  A wrongful or criminal deed.
 * 4)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * 1)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * 1)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * 1)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * 1)  A  or meritorious deed.
 * 1)  A  or meritorious deed.

Usage notes
The collocation true fact is a famous example of a pleonasm that irritates some readers or listeners: all facts are true, and anything not true is not a fact. The collocation often arises innocently enough as a speaker or writer reaches for emphaticness, but in careful (deliberative) writing, the writer's own interests (e.g., credibility, persuasion) are best served by deleting the adjective. Ironic usage may bend this rule for humorous effect (e.g., trufax).

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَعْلُومَة,, وَاقِعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: faptu
 * Asturian:
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kendsgerning,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Estonian: fakt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: fat
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფაქტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: факт
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, , , , , ,
 * Latvian: fakts, notikums
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: факт
 * Maori: meka
 * Neapolitan: fatto
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: fákto
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: fatg, fat
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: fatu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: makatotohanang obserbasyon, bagha
 * Telugu: నిజానికి
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: факт
 * Venetian: fato
 * Vietnamese: (事實)
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: פֿאַקט


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, مَعْلُومَة, وَاقِعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 事實
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: feth
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Estonian:, fakt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფაქტი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρᾶγμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fíric
 * Italian: dato di fatto,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: факт, ақиқат
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Latvian: fakts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: факт
 * Malay: fakta
 * Maltese: fatt
 * Maori: meka
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, skutočnosť
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: bagha
 * Tajik:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: fakt,
 * Ukrainian: факт
 * Urdu: حَقِیقَت
 * Uyghur: پاكىت
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, (事實)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: פֿאַקט


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kendsgerning
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Estonian:, fakt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρᾶγμα
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, skutočnosť
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bagha
 * Ukrainian: факт


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Estonian: fakt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρᾶγμα
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fíric
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: факт
 * Maori: meka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bagha
 * Ukrainian: факт
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kendsgerning,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Estonian: fakt
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 기정사실(旣定事實),
 * Maori: meka
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bagha


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: факт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kendsgerning,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fakto
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fíric
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Maori: meka
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чи̏њеница
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bagha


 * Albanian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: