Factual

Definition: Factual

Factual

Adjective

1. Of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced".

2. Of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations".

3. Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war".

4. Based on fact; "factual accuracy"; "a factual account".

5. Characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "factual" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Factual

Crosswords: Factual

Spanish (factual).

Yeah, I'm sure it's a real mecca for factual information (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg)

It may be factual, it may be cruel, I wanna say it again (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)

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

References

• Factual Data Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Estrogen: Is It Right for You?: A Thorough Factual Guide to Help You Decide (reference)

• FACTUAL DATA CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel (reference)

• Guide to Factual Investigations (reference)

• Irrina: A Factual Diary (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Civil Liberties

Armenia

It presents mostly factual reporting but avoids editorial commentary or criticism of official actions. (references)

Congo

News publications tended to emphasize editorial commentary and analysis rather than factual descriptions of events; many were highly critical of the Government. (references)

Germany

While many of the pamphlets are factual and relatively unbiased, others may harm the reputations of some groups through innuendo and inclusion in a report covering known dangerous cults or movements. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Though, annual sales originated by IP-telephony in Ukraine reportedly don't exceed +ACQ- 6 million or 1+ACU- of revenues from international voice communications, wireline operators view this business as a threat to their factual monopoly and exorbitant tariffs. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

An appellate court may overturn the decision on either factual or legal grounds. (references)

Indonesia

The Supreme Court does not consider factual aspects of a case, only the lower courts' application of the law. (references)

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

Expressions using "factual": Documentaries and Factual Films [Publication Type] ♦ factual error ♦ factual report ♦ factual situation. Additional references.

Beginning with "factual": factual-thought-provoking.

Ending with "factual": counter-factual, non-factual.

Albanian

faktik (practical), i bazuar në fakte. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فعلي (active, actual, de facto, effective, effectual, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, verbal), ‏واقعي (actual, concrete, de facto, down to earth, hard, hardheaded, literal, naturalistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, prose, real, realistic, sober, tangible, true, virtual), ‏حقيقي (actual, authentic, effective, essential, genuine, intrinsic, intrinsical, positive, proper, real, realistic, right, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, veritable, very). (various references)

Bulgarian 

фактически (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, factually, in fact, morally, practical, practically, really, substantial, virtual, virtually), истински (actual, authentic, authentically, bona fide, for real, genuine, genuinely, good, honest, mere, natural, par excellence, positive, precious, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, real, regular, regularly, right, right-down, sheer, simon-pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, true, true blue, true born, truly, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veridical, veritable, very, virtual), действителен (actual, concrete, effective, objective, operative, real, sound, true, valid, virtual). (various references)

Chinese 

事实 (Actualities, Actuality, fact). (various references)

Czech

faktický (effective, effectively), vìcný (matter of fact), reálný (real, realistic). (various references)

Danish

virkelig (actual, practical, real). (various references)

Dutch

feitelijk (indeed), feitelýk (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, indeed, real), werkelijk (actual, genuinely, real, really, truly), werkelýk (absolutely, actual, actually, genuinely, in fact, indeed, practical, real, really, truly). (various references)

Esperanto

fakta (real). (various references)

French

factuel, réel, basé sur les faits. (various references)

Frisian

feitlik (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, indeed, real). (various references)

German

sachlich (businesslike, functional, material, matter of fact, neuter, no-nonsense, objective, objectively, practical, relevant, soberingly). (various references)

Greek 

έμπρακτοσ, πραγματικόσ (actual, defacto, real, realistic, veritable, virtual), πραγματικός (actual, real, veritable), αληθινός (actual, veritable). (various references)

Hebrew 

עוב�"תי (matter of fact, objective). (various references)

Hungarian

valóságos (actual, bodily, live, practical, pukka, real, simple, veritable, very), tényleges (actual, concrete, effective, operative, positive, practical, real, regular, substantive, virtual), tényeket tartalmazó. (various references)

Indonesian

faktual, sesungguhnya (absolute, ever, truly, virtual). (various references)

Italian

fattuale, riguardante i fatti, reale (actual, actually, concrete, effective, live, objective, practical, real, really, royal, royally, true), effettivo (active, actual, effective, real, strength, substantial). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

実態調査 (factual investigation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じったいちょうさ (factual investigation). (various references)

Korean 

사실 (fact). (various references)

Manx

feerysagh. (various references)

Norwegian

faktisk (actual), virkelig (actual), saklig. (various references)

Pig Latin

actualfay.(various references)

Portuguese

fatual, real (absolute, actual, incarnate, kingly, pence, penny, positive, practicable, practical, real, regal, royal, sterling, tangible, true, unfeigned, veritable, very, visual), positivo (affirmative, literal, plump, plus, positive), concreto (concrete). (various references)

Romanian

faptic (actual, real), real (actual, effective, effectual, live, natural, proper, real, sheer, sooth, substantial, tangible, true, truthful, very), privitor la fapte. (various references)

Russian 

фактический (actual, virtual). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

faktičan, činjenički (matter of fact). (various references)

Spanish

factual, verdadero (actual, crowned, effective, incorrupt, legitimate, perfect, positive, proper, real, regular, right, rightful, sheer, sterling, true, trueborn, unerring, upstanding, veritable), que consta de hechos, objetivo (aim, bomb site, detached, end, goal, lems, lens, objective, realistic, target), de carácter expositivo, basado en datos. (various references)

Swedish

faktisk (actual, de facto, literal, real, virtual). (various references)

Turkish

fiili (actual, de facto), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), olaylarla ilgili, harfi harfine (fair, fairly, literally, literatim, strict, to the letter, verbal, verbatim, word by word, word for word), gerçeklere dayalı, gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, exact, fact, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), eksiksiz (complete, consummate, in full, perfect, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, without defect). (various references)

Ukrainian

справжній (active, actual, authentic, genuine, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), фактичний (matter of fact, nonfictional, virtual). (various references)

Vietnamese 

có thật. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "factual": factualism, factualisms, factualist, factualists, factualities, factuality, factually, factualness, factualnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "factual": artifactual, counterfactual, nonfactual. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Factual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fachtna, Factel, factoral, factuakl, factuly, factural, facula, falcula, Fasquel, Fatuma, fractual, fractuals, fuctual. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: actual, facula, faucal.

-2 letters: fatal, fault.

-3 letters: acta, alfa, calf, caul, cult, fact, flat, tala, talc, tufa.

-4 letters: aal, act, aft, ala, alt, cat, cut, fat, flu, lac, lat, tau, uta.

-5 letters: aa, al, at, fa, la, ta, ut.

+1 letter: calctufa.

+2 letters: calctufas, factually.

+3 letters: catafalque, factualism, factualist, factuality, nonfactual, ultramafic.

+4 letters: artifactual, catafalques, confabulate, factualisms, factualists, factualness, facultative, fasciculate.

+5 letters: characterful, confabulated, confabulates, confabulator, factualities, fasciculated, ultracareful.