A statement which cannot be false. Reality; actuality; truth;
as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was
beaten. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing;
sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of
meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing
supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false
facts. an information asserted to be true, e.g. something proven
to exist, an event that has happened, or a statement true on the
basis of reasoning; in that sense, fact is not merely a datum
(or data) because it involves the criteria of truth. datum, data
information game : chess acronym A reliable piece of information
that can be verified through independent sources or procedures.
A fact differs from an opinion. See opinion. Phenomenon that has
an actual, objective existence, regardless of whether it was
observed or not. When our observations are confirmed and found
to be repeatable, they become facts. The repeatability of an
observation mean