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# fact

«fact» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that is known to be true and can be checked** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fact, facts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fact is something that is known to be true and can be checked. A week is 7 days is a fact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#m1)

2) Facts are different from opinions, which are what someone thinks or feels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#m2)

3) In fact means really, actually. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a known statement; «maths facts» are the basic sums and times tables; a fact gives a fixed number to use, like a week has 7 days or a year has 12 months. In science and reading: fact or opinion, fact files, true facts in non-fiction books. Phrases: in fact, as a matter of fact, fact or opinion, number facts, times table facts, fun fact.

### examples

- Learn your times table facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x1)
- She knows 20 addition facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x2)
- Use the fact that 1 week = 7 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x3)
- Which fact helps you solve 6 × 7? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x4)
- It is a fact that water freezes at 0 °C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x5)
- «Chocolate is the best food» is an opinion, not a fact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x6)
- In fact, the whale is a mammal, not a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x7)
- Here is a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x8)
- We made a fact file about tigers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x9)
- In fact he could cure anything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#x10)

### note

Countable: a fact, facts. «Fact» is not the same as «opinion». A fact gives a fixed number to use (7 days in a week). No operation by itself. Trap: check facts; something written online is not always a fact.

### In the corpora

- [Usually the facts are small and boring: a car, a van, an ambulance, a police car for twenty minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/12/)
- [«I'm not saying anything, but…» is still saying something; it hints at a story without any facts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/19/)
- [One complaint is not a pattern; get facts before you warn people off a business.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/25/)
- [At the bottom are the facts: dates, official statements from the Palace, things filmed for everyone to see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/3/)
- [The wedding is a fact the whole world watched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fact» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.