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Added 4 October 2026

fact

/fækt/ noun

Latin root: factum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fact at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Something actual as opposed to invented.
establish the facts
Something which is real.
Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.

interjection

Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

Origin

From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.

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