English dictionary: words starting with fact

Meanings of Fact:

noun

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

Usage examples:

He ignores some historical and economic facts

Meanings of Fact-finding:

adjective

Done in order to discover information for your company, government, etc.

Usage examples:

A fact-finding mission/trip

Meanings of Factful:

adjective

That contains many facts; consisting of facts.

Meanings of Factice:

noun

Any of several friable rubber-like substances made by vulcanizing unsaturated vegetable oils and used chiefly as compounding ingredients with rubber. frequently with distinguishing word, as "brown factice", "white factice". formerly also called rubber substitute.

Meanings of Facticity:

noun

The quality or condition of being fact.

Usage examples:

The facticity of death

Meanings of Faction:

noun

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

The left-wing faction of the party

combining form

In nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as liquefaction from liquefy ).

Meanings of Factional:

adjective

Relating or belonging to a faction.

Usage examples:

Factional leaders

Meanings of Factionalism:

noun

A situation in which a group forms within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group

Usage examples:

Factionalism was tearing the party and the country apart., we want to rid the movement of factional…

Meanings of Factionalist:

noun

A member or supporter of a faction, a person involved in factionalism; a creator or leader of a faction.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of factionalists or factionalism.

Meanings of Factionally:

adverb

In a way that involves a group within a larger group, especially one with different ideas from the main group

Usage examples:

The resistance forces were divided factionally and so were less able to take effective action., the…

Meanings of Factionaries:

noun

= factionalist .

adjective

Factional.

Meanings of Factionary:

noun

= factionalist .

adjective

Factional.

Meanings of Factionate:

verb

To split into factions.

Meanings of Factioneer:

noun

= factionalist .

verb

To support or conspire in a faction; to split into factions.

Meanings of Factionism:

noun

Factionalism.

Meanings of Factionist:

noun

A creator or leader of a faction; a member or supporter of a faction.

adjective

Of or relating to factionists; = factionalist .

Meanings of Factions:

noun

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

The left-wing faction of the party

Meanings of Factious:

adjective

Relating or inclined to dissension.

Usage examples:

A factious country

Meanings of Factitious:

adjective

Artificially created or developed.

Usage examples:

A largely factitious national identity

Meanings of Factitive:

adjective

(of a verb) having a sense of causing a result and taking a complement as well as an object, as in he appointed me captain.

Usage examples:

"the boy popped the balloon," is factitive, because "balloon" is a factitive object, that is, an ob…

Meanings of Factive:

adjective

Denoting a verb that assigns the status of an established fact to its object (normally a clausal object), e.g. know, regret, resent.

Usage examples:

This is because knowledge and direct perception predicates are factive, in that they presuppose the…

Meanings of Facto:

abbreviation

Delaware (in official postal use).

adjective

Existing in fact, although not necessarily intended or legal

Usage examples:

He has made the candidates for city council de facto school committee members.

Meanings of Factor:

noun

A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.

Usage examples:

His skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved

verb

Another term for factorize.

Usage examples:

Last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long

Meanings of Factorability:

noun

The property of being factorable; = factorizability .

Meanings of Factorage:

noun

The commission or charges payable to a factor.

Usage examples:

They refused to pay the factorage fee