fact
/fækt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.41 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
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4
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Meaning
noun
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
Countable; Uncountable
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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.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
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antonym(s) of
opinion