FACTS

"FACTS" is a plural of: fact.

Date "FACTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Census

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

FACTS

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Certainty

Phrase: cela va sans dire; there is -no question, - not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast; (necessity); " facts are stubborn things ".

Demonstration

Logic of facts; (evidence); experimentum crucis; (test); argument; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment.

Description

Noun: description, account, statement, report; expose; (disclosure) specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief; (abstract); return; (record); catalogue raisonne; (list); guidebook; (information).

Eventuality

Noun: eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact; matter of fact; naked fact, bare facts, just the facts; phenomenon; advent.

Evidence

Noun: evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds.

Lawsuit

Pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder.

Misjudgment

Verb: misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive; (error); fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute.

Obstinacy

Verb: be obstinate; Adjective: stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way; (will); persist; (persevere) a; have the last word, insist on having the last word.

Reasoning,

Cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers, put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on.

Truth

Phrase: the truth is, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti; en suivant la verite; ex facto jus oritur; la verita e figlia del empo; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius; veritas nunquam perit; veritatem dies aperit; " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth "; " just the facts, ma'am, just the facts.".

Crosswords: FACTS

They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts. (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

We both might face the facts that neither of us has proved to be a very great success as a wife. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.)

Here are the facts! (Alien�; writing credit: Larry Ferguson, David Giler, and Walter Hill.)

Now let's stick to the facts. (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

Let's face facts, this was always a no-win situation. (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Soon I'd have to face the facts (No Son Of Mine; performing artist: Genesis)

And, baby, I'll spill the facts (Pink Cadillac; performing artist: Natalie Cole)

Do we distort the facts (WE BELONG; performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts (PAINT IT BLACK; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

You can't deny the facts of life (Kiss Kiss; performing artist: Stella Soleil)

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (references; author: Mark Twain)

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Men tell you the facts, but God will tell you the truth! (references; author: unknown)

Polar Bear Facts (1962)

The Facts of Life (1960)

Porky's Bear Facts (1941)

Cold Facts (1938)

Bear Facts (1938)

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Books

• Facts on the Ground: Archeological Practice and Terminal Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (reference)

• Appointing Commercial Agents in Europe: The Essential Facts (Essential Facts Series) (reference)

• Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy (reference)

• The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-To-Be (reference)

• The AIDS Cover-Up? the Real and Alarming Facts About AIDS (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Facts About Coal (reference)

• Facts About Infant Feeding (reference)

• Facts About Newspapers (reference)

• Tennessee Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Facts (reference)

• Acts And Facts (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Just the Facts - Early Man: Dawn of Civilization (reference)

• The Facts of Life (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Facts & The Dreams (reference)

• The Facts of Life (reference)

• We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Basic facts and figures about the World Prodigy oil spill incident. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Get the Facts Poster.

AIDS is a fact. when you teach her the facts of life, remember the most important one today. : condoms make sex... safer. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ten ugly facts for beautiful young women. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Here lie "the facts" / W.A. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress.

"We deal in one plain commodity -- the facts the people of this country need to win the war". Credit: Library of Congress.

Training high school boys to identify planes. There's no question about these young people's ability to recognize airplanes by their silhouettes. They're learning this and other essential facts of aviation at Weequahic High School, Newark, New Jersey, in. Credit: Library of Congress.

Facts of interest to the disabled soldier or sailor The military and naval authorities will provide him [...]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Get the facts! : send for a free copy of the Federal source book -- Answers to the most frequently asked questions about drug abuse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Care enough -- to get the facts on family planning. Credit: Library of Congress.

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To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. (reference)

Ultimately, when stubborn historical facts had dispersed all intoxicating effects of self-deception, this form of Socialism ended in a miserable fit of the blues. (reference)

For this purpose the parties to the dispute will communicate to the Secretary General, as promptly as possible, statements of their case with all the relevant facts and papers, and the Council may forthwith direct the publication thereof. (reference)

Whatever conclusions may be drawn from these facts - and facts they are - this is certainly not the Liberated Europe we fought to build up. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion [347 U.S. 483, 487]. (reference)

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I sat up, rubbed my eyes, and began to accumulate Facts.

On the contrary, I have allowed myself, as to such points, nearly or altogether as much license as if the facts had been entirely of my own invention.

Facts and men were judged there.

Come to facts.

Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Facts About Sleep Apnea--A four-page brochure that discusses sleep apnea and how it is treated. (references)

This information should be used by trainers to guide their own explanation of the medical facts. (references)

Researchers and health care providers have known all the basic facts necessary for preventing trichinosis in humans for years. (references)

Business

The 6-volume (or CD-ROM version) of KBE contains the essential facts about Britain's 50,000 leading businesses. (references)

Forward-looking statements can be identified in statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. (references)

Current information on Mexico's standards systems and mandatory standards can be obtained from the Office of Mexico's Flash Facts system. (references)

Children

Guatemala

The prosecutor's investigation failed to clarify the facts of the case or even whether the crime occurred. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

Of those only 10 fulfilled all the requirements to initiate an investigation which includes verifying that authorities or public servants were involved in the facts. (references)

Taiwan

According to the National Security Law (NSL), entry permits may be refused only if there are facts sufficient to create a strong suspicion that a person is engaged in terrorism or violence. (references)

Economic History

Korea

Several facts stand out. (references)

Costa Rica

However, the facts of these cases are not public, and it is too soon to evaluate the new law's overall impact. (references)

Bahamas

Despite these facts, wage rates, while lower than in the United States, tend to be higher than elsewhere in the Caribbean. (references)

Human Rights

Australia

The jury decides on the facts and on a verdict after a trial conducted by a judge. (references)

Maldives

Judges question the concerned parties and attempt to establish the facts of a case. (references)

Turkey

Prosecutors also are charged with determining which law has been broken and objectively presenting the facts to the court. (references)

Political Economy

Canada

These factors complement the obvious geographic facts and have combined to make each the other's best customer. (references)

Iraq

Human rights abuses remain difficult to document because of the Government's efforts to conceal the facts, including its prohibition on the establishment of independent human rights organizations, its persistent refusal to grant visits to human rights monitors, and its continued restrictions designed to prevent dissent. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

However, her staff indicated that, after analyzing the facts, they found that the Government had violated the workers' rights. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "FACTS": a body of facts ♦ a clear view of the facts ♦ accommodate facts to theory ♦ argue by means of facts ♦ arm smb. with facts ♦ be unacquainted with the facts ♦ blink the facts ♦ book of facts ♦ born out by the facts ♦ cold facts ♦ crammed with facts ♦ dish up old facts in a new form ♦ face facts ♦ facts and figures ♦ facts of life ♦ facts of the case ♦ frozen facts ♦ gloss over the facts ♦ hard facts ♦ juggle with facts ♦ just the facts ♦ naked facts ♦ play fast and loose with the facts ♦ real facts ♦ realize the facts ♦ so much for facts ♦ square a theory to fit the facts ♦ stick to facts ♦ summary of facts ♦ teach smb. the facts of life ♦ the facts do not square with the theory ♦ the known facts ♦ twist the facts. Additional references.

Beginning with "FACTS": facts-a, Facts-ibn, facts-list, facts-these.

Ending with "FACTS": e-facts.

Albanian

fakte (data, record). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حقائق (data, datum, information). (various references)

Bulgarian 

фактически данни. (various references)

Chinese 

真相 (the truth about sth; the actual facts), �"�事實講�"理 (present the facts and reason things out), 歸納 (conclude from a number of facts). (various references)

Czech

vyzbrojit koho fakty (arm smb. with facts), tolik fakta (so much for facts). (various references)

Danish

for at orientere sig om de faktiske forhold (to ascertain the facts of the situation), ulykkesforloeb (facts of the case, how it happened), sammenligning,og,hvis det maatte vaere hensigtsmaessigt,harmonisering af metoderne til indsamling og analyse af kendsgerninger (if appropriate, the comparison and, the harmonization of methods of gathering and analyzing facts), overtrædelse,der består i,at et vidne eller en sagkyndig skjuler eller fordrejer virkeligheden af kendsgerninger (misconduct of a witness or expert who has concealed facts of falsified evidence), nye faktiske omstændigheder (changed facts judgment by a second court, in order to vary that of the first court, would have to be based on changed facts), ny begæring støttet på nye faktiske omstændigheder (further application on the basis of new facts), bestemmer efter anmodning fra parterne,at bestemte faktiske omstændigheder skal bevises (order an application by a party that certain facts be proved), bestemmer af egen drift,at bestemte faktiske omstændigheder skal bevises (order of its own motion that certain facts be proved), begaering støttet paa ny faktiske omstændigheder (application on the basis of new facts), angiver ved kendelse,hvilke faktiske omstændigheder der skal bevises (order setting out the facts to be proved), angive,hvilke faktiske omstændigheder der skal bevises (set out the facts to be proved). (various references)

Dutch

verzoek op grond van nieuwe feiten (application on the basis of new facts), vergelijking en, indien passend, harmonisatie van methoden voor het verzamelen en analyseren van feiten (if appropriate, the comparison and, the harmonization of methods of gathering and analyzing facts), toedracht van het ongeval (facts of the case, how it happened), tekortkoming van een getuige of deskundige die feiten waarover hij heeft getuigd,verborgen heeft gehouden of onjuist heeft weergegeven (misconduct of a witness or expert who has concealed facts of falsified evidence), om de feiten vast te stellen (to ascertain the facts of the situation), nieuw verzoek op grond van nieuwe feiten (further application on the basis of new facts), een nieuw feit (changed facts judgment by a second court, in order to vary that of the first court, would have to be based on changed facts), de te bewijzen feiten omschrijven (set out the facts to be proved), de juistheid van de feiten betwisten (to contest the truth of the facts), bewijs van bepaalde feiten op verzoek van partijen (order an application by a party that certain facts be proved), bewijs van bepaalde feiten ambtshalve (order of its own motion that certain facts be proved), beschikking die de te bewijzen feiten omschrijft (order setting out the facts to be proved), alleen bevoegd voor de beoordeling van de feiten (the only one competent to assess the relevant facts). (various references)

Finnish

panna omiaan (embroider, stretch the facts), kiistää tosiseikkojen todenperäisyys (to contest the truth of the facts). (various references)

French

réalités. (various references)

German

Tatsachen (actualities, virtualities). (various references)

Greek 

γεγονότα (lowdown). (various references)

Hungarian

tényeken alapul (to be based on facts, to be founded on facts), tárgyra tér (come to the point, to come down to brass tacks, to come down to case, to come to brass tacks, to come to the point, to get down to brass tacks, to get down to facts, to get down to the facts, to get to brass tacks, to get to business, to talk turkey), száraz tények (dry facts), puszta tények (bald facts, naked facts, score), nyers tények (dry facts, low-down), letagadhatatlan tények (facts that cannot be gainsaid), kétségbevonhatatlan tények (facts that cannot be gainsaid), ellenkezik a tényekkel (to disagree with the facts), cáfolhatatlan tények (facts that cannot be gainsaid), írásba foglalja a tényeket (to commit the facts to writing), alábbi tények (facts mentioned below, facts referred to below). (various references)

Italian

fatti (data, doings, made). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

事� � (item, matter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じ�"う (automobile industry, earhole, earwax, fad, fashion, imperial tutor, inside the ear, item, matter, season, statute of limitations, time of the year), じり (benefitting oneself, propriety, reason, sense), て�"まつ (circumstance, details). (various references)

Pig Latin

actsfay

Portuguese

fatos concretos (hard facts), falta de uma testemunha ou de um perito que ocultou ou falseou a realidade dos factos (misconduct of a witness or expert who has concealed facts of falsified evidence), factos sujeitos a prova a pedido das partes (order an application by a party that certain facts be proved), factos oficiosamente sujeitos a prova (order of its own motion that certain facts be proved), facto novo (changed facts judgment by a second court, in order to vary that of the first court, would have to be based on changed facts), uma testemunha ocultou ou falseou a realidade dos factos acerca dos quais depôs ou foi interrogado em Tribunal (a witness has concealed facts or falsified evidence on any matter on which he has testified or been examined by the Court), pedido fundado em factos novos (application on the basis of new facts), para verificação dos factos (to ascertain the facts of the situation), outro pedido fundado em factos novos (further application on the basis of new facts), o único competente para apreciar os factos (the only one competent to assess the relevant facts), especificar os factos a provar (set out the facts to be proved), despacho em que se especifiquem os factos a provar (order setting out the facts to be proved), contestar a pertinência dos factos (to contest the truth of the facts). (various references)

Romanian

datã (bout, data, date, datum, day, once, sitting, time). (various references)

Russian 

факт (fact). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suočiti se sa činjenicama (face facts). (various references)

Spanish

para que constaten los hechos (to ascertain the facts of the situation), otra demanda fundada en hechos nuevos (further application on the basis of new facts), las duras realidades de la vida (hard facts), la comparación y armonización, cuando proceda, de los métodos de recopilación y análisis de hechos (if appropriate, the comparison and, the harmonization of methods of gathering and analyzing facts), la única competente para valorar los hechos (the only one competent to assess the relevant facts), incumplimiento de un testigo o un perito que ha disimulado o falseado la realidad de los hechos (misconduct of a witness or expert who has concealed facts of falsified evidence), hecho nuevo (changed facts judgment by a second court, in order to vary that of the first court, would have to be based on changed facts), enfrentarse con los hechos (face facts), determinar mediante auto los hechos que deben probarse (order setting out the facts to be proved), determinar los hechos que deben probarse (set out the facts to be proved), demanda fundada en elementos nuevos (application on the basis of new facts), comprobación de oficio de determinados hechos (order of its own motion that certain facts be proved), comprobación de determinados hechos a petición de parte (order an application by a party that certain facts be proved). (various references)

Swedish

fakta (datum). (various references)

Turkish

yalın gerçek (cold facts, the plain truth), tam rakamlar (facts and figures), kesin veriler (facts and figures), kesin gerçekler (frozen facts), hayale kapılmamak (stick to facts), gerçekleri gözardı etmemek (stick to facts), gerçekleri görmek (face facts), gerçekleri çarpıtmak (twist the facts), gerçekle yüzleşmek (face facts), gerçeği teori ile bağdaştırmak (accommodate facts to theory), bilinen gerçekler (the known facts), bilinen şeyleri tekrar tekrar sunmak (dish up old facts in a new form), ayılmak (come round, come to, realize the facts, recover, revive, sober down, sober up), acı gerçekler (naked facts), çürütülemez gerçekler (frozen facts). (various references)

Ukrainian

підтасовувати факти (frame up, juggle with facts), дивитися в лице фактам (face facts). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "FACTS": artefacts, artifacts, nonfacts, ventifacts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"FACTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afcs, facas, facks, facs, facti, factos, Fakty, falcs, Fancott, farctus, fatcats, fatz, faytes, fayts, Fecs, fecta, Fewcott, fica, fractus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: acts, cast, cats, fact, fast, fats, scat.

-2 letters: act, aft, cat, fas, fat, sac, sat, tas.

-3 letters: as, at, fa, ta.

+1 letter: crafts, facets.

+2 letters: affects, caftans, castoff, catfish, factors, fascist, faucets, fractus, offcast.

+3 letters: afflicts, backfits, caitiffs, camshaft, castoffs, catfaces, catfalls, factions, factious, factoids, factures, fanatics, fanciest, fasciate, fascists, fastback, fatbacks, fatstock, flatcaps, flatcars, forecast, fractals, fracturs, furcates, futharcs, infarcts, infracts, nonfacts, offcasts, outfaces, pacifist, postface, refracts, sanctify, seacraft, softback, traffics.

+4 letters: acetifies, affecters, artefacts, artifacts, artifices, calctufas, calctuffs, califates, camshafts, catfights, catfishes, chaffiest, cofactors, colorfast, conflates, cowlstaff, craftiest, craftsman, craftsmen, defecates, diffracts, disaffect, facelifts, facetious, factories, factotums, faculties, falconets, fantastic, fasciated, fascinate, fascistic, fastbacks, fatstocks, faunistic, flagstick, footpaces, footraces, forecasts, fractions, fractious, fractures, obfuscate, pacifists, perfectas, postfaces, praefects, rockshaft, seacrafts, softbacks, suffocate, tackifies, transfect, trifectas, trifocals, tufaceous, typefaces, warcrafts.