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fact (fakt)
n.Etymology: Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere
Date: 15th century
- a thing done: as a obsolete : feat b : crime <accessory after the fact> c archaic : action
- archaic : performance, doing
- the quality of being actual : actuality <a question of fact hinges on evidence>
- a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b : an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
- a piece of information presented as having objective reality
— in fact : in truth
A definition by Merriam-Webster
