facts
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
An inflected form of fact · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,664 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,936 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred first you must collect all the facts of the case
- 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
- an event known to have happened or something known to have existed your fears have no basis in facthow much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell
- a concept whose truth can be proved scientific hypotheses are not facts
facts in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All the chief, and most of the minor incidents are facts.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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The exact facts he can learn later, or he can leave them alone.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The same daily facts repeated themselves monotonous and regular as the tick-tack of the clock.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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These facts, then, alone were clear to him: He had wandered, unconscious, in the neighbourhood.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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You have dealt with the facts with cool, painstaking fidelity, and left those naked and uncontradicted facts to speak for themselves.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1