FACT


Meaning of FACT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ important , interesting , relevant , salient

You must look at all the relevant ~s.

▪ basic , simple

▪ cold , concrete , hard , incontrovertible , inescapable , observable , obvious , plain , straightforward , true , undeniable

The police have to support their case with hard ~s.

These are all incontrovertible ~s.

▪ bare , disturbing , harsh , sad , stark , unpalatable ( esp. BrE ), unpleasant

the bare ~s of war

a rather harsh ~ of life

▪ known

The known ~s of the case are as follows.

▪ little-known , well-known

It is a well-known ~ that girls do better than boys at school.

▪ proven

▪ historical , scientific

▪ mere

The mere ~ of your being there will arouse their suspicions.

VERB + FACT

▪ be aware of , have , know

We don't have all the ~s yet.

She already knew the ~s she needed.

▪ ascertain , establish , find out

the best way of establishing the ~s

▪ check , consider , examine , look at

I think you need to check your ~s.

For God's sake, look at the ~s!

▪ prove

These ~s have not yet been proved.

▪ collect , gather

▪ select

Historians must first select the ~s that they present.

▪ give , present , report , state

The job of the teacher is not simply to impart ~s.

I'm not making excuses—I'm just stating a ~.

▪ interpret

different ways of interpreting the ~s

▪ account for , explain

How do you account for the ~ that unemployment is still rising?

▪ accept , acknowledge , appreciate , face , recognize

She wouldn't accept the ~ that she had lost.

I appreciate the ~ that you're under a lot of pressure at the moment.

I'm afraid you'll have to face ~s. She'll never marry you.

▪ grasp

He doesn't seem able to grasp this basic ~.

▪ learn

▪ deny , dispute

No one can deny this ~.

▪ forget , ignore , overlook

This approach ignores the ~ that people, not computers, commit crimes.

▪ be oblivious to

▪ conceal , disguise , hide

If he was bored, he managed to hide the ~ very well.

▪ obscure

The recent improvements should not obscure the ~ that general standards are still far too low.

▪ change

This does not change the ~ that a crime has been committed.

▪ draw attention to

The report draws attention to the ~ that the country is now a net exporter of the product.

▪ emphasize , highlight , underline ( esp. BrE ), underscore ( esp. AmE )

▪ confine sb/yourself to ( esp. BrE ), stick to

Just stick to the ~s.

▪ be based on

a novel based on historical ~

▪ reflect

Prices reflect the ~ that the company is aiming at the luxury market.

▪ stem from

He knew their bitterness stemmed from the ~ that he was in charge.

▪ be explained by , be supported by

▪ be complicated by , be compounded by , be exacerbated by

The problem was compounded by the ~ that I had no idea what I was looking for.

▪ hate , lament , regret , resent

We waited miserably, lamenting the ~ that our suitcases had been put on the wrong plane.

She resented the ~ that I had more freedom than her.

FACT + VERB

▪ remain

The ~ remains that we are still two teachers short.

PREPOSITION

▪ after the ~

On some vital decisions employees were only informed after the ~ (= when it was too late to change them) .

▪ apart from the ~

She was happy, apart from the ~ that she could not return home.

▪ despite the ~ , in spite of the ~ , notwithstanding the ~

He got the job, despite the ~ that he has no experience.

▪ due to the ~

Due to the ~ that they did not read English, the prisoners were unaware of what they were signing.

▪ given the ~

The findings are not surprising, given the ~s: … 

▪ in ~

I used to live in France; in ~, not far from where you're going.

▪ ~ about

We learned several interesting ~s about elephants.

PHRASES

▪ (as) a matter of ~

It's not wild speculation! It's a plain matter of ~.

‘I suppose you'll be leaving soon, then?’ ‘No, as a matter of ~ I'll be staying for another two years.’

▪ ~s and figures

All the ~s and figures were presented at the meeting.

▪ the ~ of the matter

A new car would be wonderful but the ~ of the matter is that we can't afford one.

▪ the ~s of the case

The ~s of the case are quite straightforward.

▪ a ~ of life (= a situation that cannot be changed)

It is an sad ~ of life that the most deserving people do not often achieve the most success.

▪ the ~s of life (= the details about sex and how babies are born, esp. as told to children)

▪ ~ or fiction?

The Loch Ness Monster: ~ or fiction?

▪ the ~s speak for themselves (= further explanation about sth is unnecessary because the facts prove it is true)

▪ get your ~s right , get your ~s straight , get your ~s wrong

If you're going to make accusations, you'd better get your ~s right.

▪ have the ~s at your fingertips

When making your presentation, it is important to have all the ~s at your fingertips (= to have the information you need and be able to find it and use it quickly) .

▪ in actual ~ , in point of ~

I thought the work would be difficult. In actual ~, it's very easy.

▪ in view of the ~ that … 

Voluntary work was particularly important in view of the ~ that women were often forced to give up paid work on marriage.

▪ know for a ~

Do you know for a ~ that he is in London?

▪ not to mention the ~ that … 

It's very hard to do this on a home computer. Not to mention the ~ that it's actually illegal.

▪ a question of ~ , a statement of ~

It's a simple statement of ~.

▪ a recognition of the ~ that … 

a growing recognition of the ~ that learning may take different forms

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .