factual
fac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/
adjectivebased on facts or relating to facts:
Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.
factual information/knowledge/statements etc
Libraries are stores of factual information.
The report contained a number of factual errors.
—factually adverb:
The document is factually correct.
▪ true based on real facts, and not imagined or invented: The film was based on a true story. | Do you think the rumours are true?
▪accurate based on facts and not containing any mistakes – used about descriptions, information, and numbers: The measurements are accurate. | His assessment of the current economic situation is accurate.
▪undeniable/indisputable definitely true, so that no one can argue or disagree about it: It is indisputable that the situation has got worse. | The decline in inflation was undeniable, even if the reasons for the decline were unclear.
▪factual based on facts, or involving facts: The court makes its decision based on factual evidence. | There is very little factual information about the incident. | a factual account of what happened | The questions ask for a purely factual answer, not for opinion.
▪verifiable formal able to be proven to be true or correct: The data was verifiable.
▪it is a fact used when saying that something is definitely true: It is a fact that women live longer than men.
▪be the truth to be true – used when saying that someone is not lying: What I told you was the truth.
▪be the case if a situation is the case, that is the way the situation truly is: It is certainly the case that crime rates are lower in Europe than in the US.
fac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/
adjectivebased on facts or relating to facts:
factual information/knowledge/statements etc
—factually adverb:
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