fact

fact
n.
something that is true

1) to ascertain, establish a fact

2) to check, confirm, verify a fact

3) to cite; collect, gather, marshal; present (the) facts

4) to classify; evaluate, interpret (the) facts

5) to face (the) facts

6) to distort, twist; embellish, embroider (the) facts

7) to ignore a fact

8) an accepted, established; cold, dry, hard, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, unquestionable; firsthand fact

9) a basic, essential; historic; proven; statistical; well-known fact; the bare facts

10) a fact that + clause (it's a fact that some officials are corrupt)

reality

11) to distinguish fact from fiction

12) in fact

misc.

13) a question of fact; the facts of life

* * *
[fækt]
embellish
embroider (the) facts
establish a fact
established
firsthand fact
historic
incontestable
incontrovertible
indisputable
interpret (the) facts
irrefutable
present (the) facts
proven
statistical
the bare facts
the facts of life
unquestionable
unquestionable
verify a fact
well-known fact
['misc. '] a question of fact
['reality'] to distinguish fact from fiction
['something that is true'] to ascertain
a basic
an accepted
in fact
to check
to cite
to classify
to distort
to face (the) facts
to ignore a fact
a fact that + clause (it's a fact that some officials are corrupt)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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