n.
something that is true
1) to ascertain, establish a ~
2) to check, confirm, verify a ~
3) to cite; collect, gather, marshal; present (the) ~s
4) to classify; evaluate, interpret (the) ~s
5) to face (the) ~s
6) to distort, twist; embellish, embroider (the) ~s
7) to ignore a ~
8) an accepted, established; cold, dry, hard, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, unquestionable; firsthand ~
9) a basic, essential; historic; proven; statistical; well-known ~; the bare ~s
10) a ~ that + clause (it's a ~ that some officials are corrupt)
reality
11) to distinguish ~ from fiction
12) in ~
misc.
13) a question of ~; the ~s of life