fact

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /fækt/ See IPA manual

Freq #534

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of information that is true and can be proven.

First you must collect all the facts of the case.
2

noun
Something that is really true, as opposed to something invented or imagined.

Gravity is a fact, not just a theory.

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Forms facts

Derived forms after-the-factalt-factantefactanti-factattorney-in-factbrute-factcounterfactfact-checkfact-checkingfact-finderfact-findingfact-free

Related forms belief faction factor factorial factoryfactotumfashion value

Etymology

From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.

*dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European fact Old French factum Latin

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# fact

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /fækt/
**Frequency rank:** 534

## Meanings
1. A piece of information that is true and can be proven.
2. Something that is really true, as opposed to something invented or imagined.

## Examples
- First you must collect all the facts of the case.
- Gravity is a fact, not just a theory.

## Antonyms
- opinion

## Derived Forms
- after-the-fact
- alt-fact
- antefact
- anti-fact
- attorney-in-fact
- brute-fact
- counterfact
- fact-check
- fact-checking
- fact-finder
- fact-finding
- fact-free

## Related Forms
- belief
- faction
- factor
- factorial
- factory
- factotum
- fashion
- value

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: fact
- Root: factum

## Etymology
From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.

## AI Etymology
Fact comes from Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat. In current use, the main senses are “A piece of information that is true and can be proven” and “Something that is really true, as opposed to something invented or imagined”.

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- Describing Qualities

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