Fact
A fact (derived from the Latin factum, see below) is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be proven to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable experiments.
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Famous quotes containing the word fact:
“Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.”
—Baruch (Benedict)
“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 15:20.
“There are two kinds of men, and only two, and that young man is one kind. He is high-minded, he is pure, he’s the kind of man that the world pretends to look up to, and in fact despises. He is
the kind of man who breeds unhappiness, particularly in women.”
—Robert Bolt (1924–1995)