fact
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1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | information, |
| definition | : | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | case, |
| definition | : | the actual state of things (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | detail, item, point, |
| definition | : | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | particular, specific, |
| definition | : | a fact about some part (as opposed to general) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | general, |
| definition | : | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | matter of fact, |
| definition | : | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | observation, |
| definition | : | facts learned by observing (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | reason, |
| definition | : | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | score, |
| definition | : | the facts about an actual situation (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | truth, |
| definition | : | a fact that has been verified (noun.cognition) |
2. a concept whose truth can be proved (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
| definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
3. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | info, information, |
| definition | : | a message received and understood (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | book, record, record book, |
| definition | : | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | basics, rudiments, |
| definition | : | a statement of fundamental facts or principles (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | index, index number, indicant, indicator, |
| definition | : | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time (noun.communication) |
4. an event known to have happened or something known to have existed (noun.state)
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