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Definition of the fact

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Fact Fact, n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.] 1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson. 2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance. What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. --Evelyn. He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton. 3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten. 4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts. I do not grant the fact. --De Foe. This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --Roger Long. Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. --Burrill Bouvier. Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary. Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration. Syn: Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

Meaning of the fact from wikipedia

- linguistic fact, and "The Sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States"...
- Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after...
- Look up fact or factuality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fact is an occurrence in the real world. Fact or Facts may also refer to: Fact (law),...
- In law, a trier of fact or finder of fact is a person or group who determines disputed issues of fact in a legal proceeding (usually a trial) and how relevant...
- The Facts may refer to: The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography, a novel by Philip Roth The Facts (Seattle), a w****ly African-American newspaper based in...
- Look up after the fact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. After the fact is an idiom meaning too late, or after something is finished It may also refer...
- Look up fact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FACT or FACTS may refer to: FACTNet, Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network Falsely Accused Carers and...
- Look up fact-finding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fact-finding may refer to: Trier of fact, also called a finder of facts, one or more people who...
- economics, a stylized fact is a simplified presentation of an empirical finding. Stylized facts are broad tendencies that aim to summarize the data, offering...
- In philosophy, facticity (French: facticité, German: Faktizität) has multiple meanings — from "factuality" and "contingency" to the intractable conditions...