fac ‧ tu ‧ al /ˈfæktʃuəl/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ fact ; adverb : ↑ factually ; adjective : ↑ factual ]
based 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.
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THESAURUS
▪ true based on real facts, and not imagined or invented:
The film was based on a true story.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There is very little factual information about the incident.
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a factual account of what happened
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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.