Fact Word Meaning

Etymology:

late 15th century: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘an act’, later ‘a crime’, surviving in the phrase before (or after) the fact. The earliest of the current senses (‘truth, reality’) dates from the late 16th century

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Definition:

a thing that is known or proved to be true

Short Definition:

thing that is known or proved to be true

Examples:

• he ignores some historical and economic facts
• the most commonly known fact about hedgehogs is that they have fleas
• a body of fact