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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
"real fact"
Is this expression correct? The word "fact" is defined as something true, real or actual. So my question is this: is 'real' redundant here in this expression?
Thank you!
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something that truly exists or happens : something that has actual existence
: a true piece of information
Full Definition of fact
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: a thing done: as a obsolete : feat b : crime <accessory after the fact> c archaic : action
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archaic : performance, doing
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: the quality of being actual : actuality <a question of fact hinges on evidence>
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a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b : an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
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: a piece of information presented as having objective reality
Thank you!
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something that truly exists or happens : something that has actual existence
: a true piece of information
Full Definition of fact
1
: a thing done: as a obsolete : feat b : crime <accessory after the fact> c archaic : action
2
archaic : performance, doing
3
: the quality of being actual : actuality <a question of fact hinges on evidence>
4
a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b : an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
5
: a piece of information presented as having objective reality
Top answer
1 : a thing done: as a: obsolete : feat, b : crime <accessory after the fact>, c: archaic : action When you use letters of the alphabet to list items, you need to be certain that the letters don't appear to be part of the definition itself. " Of course, that couldn't have been right. I looked up your definition and found the way it was actually listed in the dictionary.
- 1 : a thing done: as a: obsolete : feat, b : crime <accessory after the fact>, c: archaic : action When you use letters of the alphabet to list items, you need to be certain that the letters don't appear to be part of the definition itself.
- " Of course, that couldn't have been right.
- I looked up your definition and found the way it was actually listed in the dictionary.
- Be careful with such details to avoid confusion.
- To answer you question, I would say that there is redundancy, but that is to be expected and even desired in a definition.
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: a thing done: as a: obsolete : feat, b : crime <accessory after the fact>, c: archaic : action
When you use letters of the alphabet to list items, you need to be certain that the letters don't appear to be part of the definition itself. I though "a" was the article "a" before the word "obsolete." Of course, that couldn't have been right. I looked up
: a thing done: as a: obsolete : feat, b : crime <accessory after the fact>, c: archaic : action
When you use letters of the alphabet to list items, you need to be certain that the letters don't appear to be part of the definition itself. I though "a" was the article "a" before the word "obsolete." Of course, that couldn't have been right. I looked up
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