fact
/fækt/ noun A2- Something actual as opposed to invented. · establish the facts· hard facts
- Something which is real. · Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
- 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 experts. · There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances. · The facts about space travel.· Addition facts include 2 + 2 = 4 and 3 + 4 = 7.
- An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- A wrongful or criminal deed. · He had become an accessory after the fact.
Plural facts
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Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door.
“I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn’t know that cats _could_ grin.”
“You don’t know much,” said the Duchess; “and that’s a fact.”
Two began in a low voice, “Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a _red_ rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off, you know.
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