"factual" meaning in English

See factual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/ [US], /ˈfæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ [UK], /ˈfæk.tj(ʊ)əl/ [Received-Pronunciation, dated], /ˈfɛk.(t)ʃ(ʉː)əl/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-factual.ogg Forms: more factual [comparative], most factual [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktʃuəl, -æktʃəl, -ækʃuəl, -ækʃəl Etymology: From fact + -ual, modeled after, and by analogy with, actual. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fact|ual}} fact + -ual Head templates: {{en-adj}} factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual)
  1. Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
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  2. True, accurate, corresponding to reality.
    Sense id: en-factual-en-adj-z-GOym2u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: counterfactual, de facto, fact Translations (of facts): πραγματικός (pragmatikós) (Ancient Greek), факти́чески (faktíčeski) (Bulgarian), действи́телен (dejstvítelen) (Bulgarian), 事實 (Chinese Mandarin), 事实 (shìshí) (Chinese Mandarin), faktický (Czech), faktuel (Danish), feitelijk (Dutch), todellinen (Finnish), tosiasioihin perustuva (Finnish), tosiasiallinen (Finnish), asiapitoinen (Finnish), effectif (French), factuel (French), ფაქტიური (pakṭiuri) (Georgian), faktisch (German), sachlich (German), auf Tatsachen beruhend (German), 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 (sunjis) (Gothic), πραγματικός (pragmatikós) (Greek), वास्तविक (vāstavik) (Hindi), tényszerű (Hungarian), effettivo (Italian), fattuale (Italian), concreto (Italian), reale (Italian), 事実上の (jijitsujō no) (alt: じじつじょう) (Japanese), 사실(事實)의 (sasir-ui) (Korean), фактыларга негизделген (faktılarga negizdelgen) (Kyrgyz), чыныгы (cınıgı) (Kyrgyz), актуалдуу (aktualduu) (Kyrgyz), factual (Occitan), factuau (Occitan), faktyczny (Polish), factual [Portugal] (Portuguese), fatual [Brazil] (Portuguese), efectiv (Romanian), faptic (Romanian), факти́ческий (faktíčeskij) (Russian), действи́тельный (dejstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), efectivo (Spanish), fáctico (Spanish), factual (Spanish), ukweli (Swahili), faktamässig (Swedish), faktuell (Swedish), somut [neuter] (Turkish), פֿאַקטיש (faktish) (Yiddish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/ [US], /ˈfæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ [UK], /ˈfæk.tj(ʊ)əl/ [Received-Pronunciation, dated], /ˈfɛk.(t)ʃ(ʉː)əl/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-factual.ogg
Rhymes: -æktʃuəl, -æktʃəl, -ækʃuəl, -ækʃəl Etymology: From fact + -ual, modeled after, and by analogy with, actual. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fact|ual}} fact + -ual Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} factual (uncountable)
  1. (broadcasting) Programmes having content based on facts, such as documentaries. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-factual-en-noun-zy3W8RUE Topics: broadcasting, media
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          "text": "This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.",
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          "text": "If, as Marx claimed, these factual views were held by the ideologists of the nineteenth century and if these factual claims could be proven false, then Marx could claim to have refuted certain tenets of capitalist political philosophy on a purely […]",
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          "text": "Thus, the approach has more flexibility than Lamarque and Olsen's approach; in particular, it is open to the possibility that false factual claims do affect our understanding of, and our evaluation of, fictional narratives.",
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      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæk.tʃ(u)əl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæk.tj(ʊ)əl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛk.(t)ʃ(ʉː)əl/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-factual.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/En-us-factual.ogg/En-us-factual.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-us-factual.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktʃuəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æktʃəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃuəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃəl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "factual"
}

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