fact
• noun 1 a thing that is indisputably the case. 2 (facts) information used as evidence or as part of a report. — PHRASES before (or after) the fact Law before (or after) the committing of a crime. a fact of life something that must be accepted, even if unpalatable. the facts of life information about sexual matters. in (point of) fact in reality. — ORIGIN originally meaning an act , later a crime : from Latin factum, from facere ‘do’.
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