“Facts” is a form of
fact
/fækt/ noun, interjection
Forms facts
- noun Something actual as opposed to invented. “establish the facts”
- noun Something which is real. “Gravity is a fact, not a theory.”
- noun Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. “Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.”
- noun An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts. “There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.”
- noun Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances. “The facts about space travel.”
- noun (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- noun (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
- noun (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed. “He had become an accessory after the fact.”
- interjection Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Antonyms
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]
- noun An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
Etymology [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fact”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details