FACTOID

Meaning of FACTOID in English

fact ‧ oid /ˈfæktɔɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal

a small and quite interesting piece of information that is not important:

The Web is a prime source of insignificant factoids.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 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 — n. unproven or untrue piece of information that is presented as fact and is widely believed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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