fact

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Noun fact has 4 senses

fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
--₁ is a kind of information
--₁ has particulars:
case; detail, item, point; particular, specific; general; matter of fact; observation; reason; score; truth
fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
--₂ is a kind of information, info
--₂ has particulars:
record, record book, book; basics, rudiments; index, index number, indicant, indicator
fact - an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
--₃ is a kind of reality, realness, realism
fact - a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
--₄ is a kind of concept, conception, construct

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