English Explanatory Dictionary

factual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
True, accurate, corresponding to reality.

noun

Programmes having content based on facts, such as documentaries.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/ /ˈfæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ /ˈfæk.tj(ʊ)əl/ /ˈfɛk.(t)ʃ(ʉː)əl/ en-us-factual.ogg

Word forms

factual more factual most factual

Etymology

From fact + -ual, modeled after, and by analogy with, actual.

Antonyms

unfactual nonfactual opinionated subjective biased counterfactual contrafactual antifactual post-factual extra-factual

Related words

de facto fact facticity factive factiveness factivity facts factuality factualness

Derived words

antifactual contrafactual counterfactual extra-factual factualism factualist factuality factualize factually factualness factual relativism multifactual nonfactual non-factual postfactual post-factual prefactual semifactual unfactual

Translations

Bulgarian: факти́чески Bulgarian: действи́телен Chinese Mandarin: 事實 /事实 Czech: faktický Danish: faktuel Dutch: feitelijk Finnish: todellinen Finnish: tosiasioihin perustuva Finnish: tosiasiallinen Finnish: asiapitoinen French: effectif French: factuel Georgian: ფაქტიური Georgian: ნამდვილი Georgian: ფაქტობრივი German: faktisch German: sachlich German: auf Tatsachen beruhend Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 Greek: πραγματικός Ancient Greek: πραγματικός Hindi: वास्तविक Hungarian: tényszerű Indonesian: faktual Italian: effettivo Italian: fattuale Italian: concreto Italian: reale Japanese: 事実上の Korean: 사실(事實)의 Kyrgyz: фактыларга негизделген Kyrgyz: чыныгы Kyrgyz: актуалдуу Occitan: factual Occitan: factuau Polish: faktyczny Portuguese: factual Portuguese: fatual Romanian: efectiv Romanian: faptic Russian: факти́ческий Russian: действи́тельный Spanish: efectivo Spanish: fáctico Spanish: factual Swahili: ukweli Swedish: faktamässig Swedish: faktuell Turkish: somut Yiddish: פֿאַקטיש

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