fait accompli accomplished fact | an irreversible accomplishment |
fraud in fact positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
verdict finding of fact | (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision, can be used in formulating a judgment |
fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred, first you must collect all the facts of the case |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) |
fact | a concept whose truth can be proved, scientific hypotheses are not facts |
fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened, he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts |
question of fact matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
accessory after the fact | a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony |
accessory before the fact | a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration |
accessory during the fact | a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it |
indicative mood indicative declarative mood declarative common mood fact mood | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
fact | an event known to have happened or something known to have existed, your fears have no basis in fact, how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell |
counterfactual contrary to fact | going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) |
fact-finding investigative investigatory | designed to find information or ascertain facts, a fact-finding committee, investigative reporting |
matter-of-fact pragmatic pragmatical | concerned with practical matters, a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem, a matter-of-fact account of the trip |
matter-of-fact prosaic | not fanciful or imaginative, local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones, a prosaic and unimaginative essay |
in fact in point of fact as a matter of fact | in reality or actuality, in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived, painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated, as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father |