fact

«fact» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Facts are different from opinions, which are what someone thinks or feels. tree →

3) In fact means really, actually. tree →

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

• fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that [35] the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Learn your times table facts. tree →
• She knows 20 addition facts. tree →
• Use the fact that 1 week = 7 days. tree →
• Which fact helps you solve 6 × 7? tree →
• It is a fact that water freezes at 0 °C. tree →
• «Chocolate is the best food» is an opinion, not a fact. tree →
• In fact, the whale is a mammal, not a fish. tree →
• Here is a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts. tree →
• We made a fact file about tigers. tree →
• In fact he could cure anything. tree →

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.
• «I'm not saying anything, but…» is still saying something; it hints at a story without any facts.
• One complaint is not a pattern; get facts before you warn people off a business.
• At the bottom are the facts: dates, official statements from the Palace, things filmed for everyone to see.
• The wedding is a fact the whole world watched.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.