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# fact

noun (fact, facts)

«fact» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#m2)
3. In fact means really, actually. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/#m3)

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

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fact/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fact/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fact/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fact.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fact» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fact/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fact» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fact.html) on Mova free.