Fact
31fact — Wittgenstein wrote that the world was the totality of facts, not of things. But although facts have the nice solid ring about them that opposes them to such things as values or theories, they prove to be slippery items out of which to build… …
32fact — /fækt / (say fakt) noun 1. what has really happened or is the case; truth; reality: in fact rather than theory; the fact of the matter is. 2. something known to have happened; a truth known by actual experience or observation: scientists working… …
33Fact — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Fact », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Fact, mot anglais pour un fait, peut faire… …
34fact — noun Etymology: Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere Date: 15th century 1. a thing done: as a. obsolete feat b. crime < accessory after the fact > c. archaic …
35fact — [16] A fact is literally ‘something that is done’. It comes from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘do’. This verb, a distant relative of English do, has contributed richly to English vocabulary, from obvious… …
36fact — There is no generalized opposition between the everyday and sociological uses of the term fact. Both suggest that any statement which is true can be described as a fact. For example, it is a fact that British law prohibits murder, that Russia… …
37fact — noun a thing that is indisputably the case. ↘(facts) information used as evidence or as part of a report. ↘chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation. Phrases before (or after) the fact Law before (or after) the committing of …
38fact — noun 1) it is a fact that the water is polluted Syn: reality, actuality, certainty; truth, verity, gospel Ant: lie, fiction 2) every fact was double checked Syn …
39fact — [[t]fækt[/t]] n. 1) something that actually exists: Your fears have no basis in fact[/ex] 2) something known to exist or to have happened 3) a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true 4) something said to be… …
40fact — [16] A fact is literally ‘something that is done’. It comes from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘do’. This verb, a distant relative of English do, has contributed richly to English vocabulary, from obvious… …
