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noun
- An honest observation.
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
- In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a , but the rest is fiction.
- Something which has become real.
- The promise of television became a in the 1920s.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
- There is no doubting the that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- Information about a particular subject.
- The facts about space travel.
Translations: - Dutch: feit(nl)n
- French: vérité(fr, fait, m}}, {{t+, fr)f
- German: (t, de, Faktum, n), (t, de, Tatsache, f)
Etymology: From perfect passive participle factus, "something made" (cf. manufacture), < verb facere, "make" or "do".
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