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fact

[fakt] / fækt /
NOUN
verifiable truth; reality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
case evidence experience law matter
STRONG
actuality appearance authenticity basis certainty certitude dope genuineness gospel intelligence palpability permanence scene scripture solidity stability substantiality verity
WEAK
bottom line brass tacks concrete happening gospel truth how it is like it is naked truth what's what
Antonyms
STRONG
theory
WEAK
fabrication lie
NOUN
event; detail of action
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplishment action case circumstance data evidence experience factor incident information performance phenomenon statistic
STRONG
act actuality adventure affair being conception consideration construction creation datum deed entity episode feature happening item manifestation occurrence organism particular point proceeding specific transaction truism
WEAK
fait accompli
Antonyms
STRONGEST
failure ignorance
STRONG
abstract concept death destruction inactivity inanimate inertia ruin
WEAK
fabrication lie

Example Sentences

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She felt they had been forced to live a "legal fiction", despite the fact their "de facto parent" was again their birth mother.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

In fact, because we’ve had more than 12 straight months of continuous measles spread, the nation should soon lose the measles elimination status we achieved back in 2000.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Fun fact: She had represented a Portland suburb as a Republican for a single House term.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Once Chester realized that this mysterious D-III flamethrower was, in fact, real, he reached out to Ed Santa, a longtime Colorado Rockies scout who covered Western Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In fact, it had been Nine who’d found the cloak that Clare wore now, stuffed in a garbage bag full of human costumes.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1

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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List

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