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fact

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fact

noun

1 it is a fact that the water supply is seriously polluted:

reality, actuality, certainty, factuality, certitude;

truth, naked truth, verity, gospel.

▷antonyms lie; fiction.

2 every fact in the report was double-checked:

detail, piece of information, particular, item, specific, element, point, factor, feature, characteristic, respect, ingredient, attribute, circumstance, consideration, aspect, facet;

(facts) information, itemized information, whole story;

informal info, low-down, score, dope;

British, informal gen.

3 he was charged with being an accessory after the fact:

event, happening, occurrence, incident, act, deed.

□ in fact

he said that he was going home, but in fact he went to the pub:

actually, in actuality, in actual fact, really, in reality, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, in truth, if truth be told, to tell the truth, the truth is/was;

dated indeed, truly;

archaic in sooth, verily;

rare in the concrete.

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