FACTOID

Meaning of FACTOID in English

n. unproven or untrue piece of information that is presented as fact and is widely believed

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

FACTOID — noun Date: 1973 an invented fact believed to be true because of its appearance in print, a briefly stated and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FACTOID — ˈfakˌtȯid noun ( -s ) Etymology: fact + -oid (I) 1. : an invented fact believed to be true because …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACTOID — — factoidal , adj. /fak"toyd/ , n. 1. an insignificant or trivial fact. 2. something fictitious or unsubstantiated that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACTOID — noun Date: 1973 1. : an invented fact believed to be true because of its appearance in print 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACTOID — ■ noun 1》 an item of unreliable information that is repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FACTOID — [fac.toid] n (1973) 1: an invented fact believed to be true because of its appearance in print 2: a brief …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FACTOID — factoid BrE AmE ˈfækt ɔɪd ▷ factoid|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FACTOID — / ˈfæktɔɪd; NAmE / noun 1. something that is widely accepted as a fact, although it is probably not true …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACTOID — fact ‧ oid /ˈfæktɔɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a small and quite interesting piece of information that is not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACTOID — n. & adj. --n. an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FACTOID — n. & adj. n. an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FACTOID — n. & adj. --n. an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as …
Oxford English vocab
FACTOID — Factoids are a series of facts or truths on a related subject. Example: She was pumping me for factoids about …
Slang English vocab
FACTOID — noun and adjective (Lifestyle and Leisure) noun: A spurious or questionable fact; especially, something that is popularly supposed to be …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
FACTOID — Поверхностный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FACTOID — недоказанная или неточная информация, которую подают как факт и повсеместно верят в нее
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FACTOID — сущ. 1) ( от fact (факт) + -oid (подобный, похожий на) ) (газетная) утка; непроверенная информация; неправильное представление, понимание; домысел …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FACTOID — сущ. 1) (от fact (факт) + -oid (подобный, похожий на)) (газетная) утка; непроверенная информация; неправильное представление, понимание; домысел to explode / expose factoids …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FACTOID — недоказанная или неточная информация, которую подают как факт и повсеместно верят в нее
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FACTOID — n. Pronunciation: ' fak- ˌ to ̇ id Function: noun Date: 1973 1 : an invented fact believed to be …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CANDIDATE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a party candidate (= someone who represents a political party in an election ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POP THE STACK — To revert back to previous topic in a conversation that has wandered across many subjects. Borrowed from computer science, similar …
Slang English vocab

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