fact /făkt/

noun

1. Knowledge or information based on real occurrences.

an account based on fact; a blur of fact and fancy.

2. Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed.

Genetic engineering is now a fact. That Chaucer was a real person is an undisputed fact.

3. A real occurrence; an event.

had to prove the facts of the case.

4. Something believed to be true or real.

a document laced with mistaken facts.

5. A thing that has been done, especially a crime.

an accessory before the fact.

6. A conclusion drawn by a judge or jury from the evidence in a case.

a finding of fact.

7. A doing, making, or preparing.

idiom

(in (point of) fact) In reality or in truth; actually. 

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