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fact
English
Etymology
From Latin factum (“a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance”), neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of feat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
fact (countable and uncountable, plural facts)
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
- Something which is real.
- Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
- (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
- (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
- She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
- (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
Antonyms
- (Something actual): fiction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- value
- opinion
- belief
References
- fact at OneLook Dictionary Search
- fact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "Conway: 'Alternative Facts'" Merriam-Webster's Trend Watch Merriam-Webster. 2017.
Interjection
fact
- Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Anagrams
- acft
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aspect
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspici? (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speci? (“look, look at, behold; observe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æsp?kt/
- Hyphenation: as?pect
Noun
aspect (plural aspects)
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- Synonym: facet
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- One's appearance or expression. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: appearance, look, blee
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- Prospect; outlook.
- 1643, John Evelyn, Diary
- This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended ; nor does it deceive us ; for it is handsomely built ...
- 1643, John Evelyn, Diary
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope. [from 14th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X, lines 656 to 664.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- (obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze. [14th-19th c.]
- 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:
- The tradition is no less ancient, that the basilisk killeth by aspect ; and that the wolf, if he see a man first, by aspect striketh a man hoarse.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1:
- ... his aspect was bent on the ground with an appearance of deep dejection, which might be almost construed into apathy, ...
- 1590, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 924:
- (obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, Vol 1, Chapter IX.
- They are both in my judgment the image or picture of a great Ruine, and have the true aspect of a World lying in its rubbish.
- 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Vol. IV, Chapter XVIII
- Three days later he opened the parliament. The aspect of affairs was, on the whole, cheering.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, Vol 1, Chapter IX.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
Hyponyms
- (grammar): grammatical aspect, aorist aspect, iterative aspect, perfective aspect, imperfective aspect, semelfactive aspect, progressive aspect, perfect aspect; lexical aspect
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (grammar): aspectuality
- (grammar): Aktionsart, aktionsart
Verb
aspect (third-person singular simple present aspects, present participle aspecting, simple past and past participle aspected)
- (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
- (Wicca) To channel a divine being.
- (obsolete) To look at.
References
- aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Grammatical aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “aspect”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- aspect at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- epacts, escap't
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??sp?kt/, /?s?p?kt/
- Hyphenation: as?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
aspect n (plural aspecten, diminutive aspectje n)
- aspect, element
- aspect, appearance
- (linguistics) aspect (grammatical category)
Derived terms
- aspectueel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: aspek
- ? Indonesian: aspek
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aspectus. The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Russian ??? (vid).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.p?/
- Rhymes: -?
- Homophone: aspects
Noun
aspect m (plural aspects)
- aspect
- (grammar) aspect (grammatical quality of a verb)
Further reading
- “aspect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aspect, Latin aspectus.
Noun
aspect n (plural aspecte)
- aspect, look
Synonyms
- înf??i?are
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