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  • 81Fact — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Fact », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Fact, mot anglais pour un fait, peut faire… …

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  • 82fact/value distinction — (or gap) The presumed distinction between statements of fact, thought of as value free, and statements of value. The distinction is often attributed to Hume, and the separation of fact from value is a platitude of many academic disciplines, and… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 83fact-free science — n. A scientific endeavour such as a computer simulation of a biological process that does not take into account real world constraints such as chemical or biological data. Example Citation: Biochemist Michael Behe calls evolution fact free… …

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  • 84fact — noun Etymology: Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere Date: 15th century 1. a thing done: as a. obsolete feat b. crime < accessory after the fact > c. archaic …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 85fact — [16] A fact is literally ‘something that is done’. It comes from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘do’. This verb, a distant relative of English do, has contributed richly to English vocabulary, from obvious&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 86fact — There is no generalized opposition between the everyday and sociological uses of the term fact. Both suggest that any statement which is true can be described as a fact. For example, it is a fact that British law prohibits murder, that Russia&#8230; …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 87fact — noun a thing that is indisputably the case. ↘(facts) information used as evidence or as part of a report. ↘chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation. Phrases before (or after) the fact Law before (or after) the committing of …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 88fact — noun 1) it is a fact that the water is polluted Syn: reality, actuality, certainty; truth, verity, gospel Ant: lie, fiction 2) every fact was double checked Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 89fact — [[t]fækt[/t]] n. 1) something that actually exists: Your fears have no basis in fact[/ex] 2) something known to exist or to have happened 3) a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true 4) something said to be&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 90fact — [16] A fact is literally ‘something that is done’. It comes from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘do’. This verb, a distant relative of English do, has contributed richly to English vocabulary, from obvious&#8230; …

    Word origins