English-Thai Dictionary
fact
N ความจริง ข้อเท็จจริง ความเป็นจริง kwam-jing
fact
N ส่วน ของ ข้อมูล suan-kong-kor-mun
fact-finding
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ รวบรวม ข้อมูล เพื่อ หา ข้อเท็จจริง การ หา ข้อเท็จจริง kiao-kab-kan-ruab-ruam-kor-mun-puea-ha-kor-thed-jing
fact-sheet
N ใบ แสดงความคิดเห็น bai-sa-daeng-kwam-kid-hen
faction
N ปัญหา หรือ ความขัดแย้ง ภายใน กลุ่ม dissension pan-ha-rue-kwam-kad-yaeng-pai-nai-klum
faction
N ฝ่าย หรือ กลุ่ม ที่ มีเสียง ส่วนน้อย fai-rue-klum-ti-me-siang-suan-noi
factional
ADJ เกี่ยวข้องกับ ฝ่าย หรือ พรรคการเมือง kiao-kong-kab-fai-rue-pak-kan-mueang
factionary
A เกี่ยวกับ ฝ่าย หนึ่ง ฝ่าย ใด
factious
A ที่ แบ่ง พรรค แบ่ง พวก
factitious
ADJ ไม่ใช่ ที่ ประดิษฐ์ ขึ้นมา ปลอม กุ ขึ้น เอง ที่ ทำ ด้วย ฝี มื อมนุษย์ ที่ สมมติ artificial mai-chai-ti-pra-did-kuen-ma
factitive
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ คำกริยา ที่ ต้องการ ทั้ง กรรม ตรง และ ส่วนขยาย kiao-kab-kam-kri-ya-ti-tong-kan-tang-kam-trong-lae-suan-ka-yai
factor
N ตัวประกอบ (ทางค ณิตศาสตร์ tua-pra-kob
factor
N ปัจจัย ตัวประกอบ ปัจจัย ที่ ทำให้เกิด ผล หรือ มีอิทธิพล ต่อ สิ่ง ต่างๆ constituent determinant portion pad-jai
factor
N ระดับ ต่างๆ ใน ระบบ ที่ ใช้ วัด มาตรฐาน agent ra-dab-tang-tang-nai-ra-bob-ti-chai-wad-mad-tra-tan
factorage
N กิจการ ของ ตัวแทน ค่า ของ ตัวแทน
factorial
A เกี่ยวกับ ผลคู ณ เกี่ยวกับ ตัวประกอบ หรือ ปัจจัย
factoring
N การ ทำ ธุรกิจ เป็นตัวแทน
factorize
VT แยก ออก เป็นตัว หาร หรือ คุ ณ
factory
N โรงงาน โรงงานอุตสาหกรรม plant manufactory industry rong-ngan
factotum
N ลูกจ้าง ที่ มีหน้า ที่ทำงาน ทุกอย่าง luk-jang-ti-me-na-ti-tam-ngan-tuk-yang
facts of life
IDM เรื่อง เพศ และ การ สืบ พัน ธ์ rueang-ped-lae-kan-sueb-pan
factual
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ข้อเท็จจริง เกี่ยวกับ เรื่องจริง actual exact true real evidential kiao-kab-kor-thed-jing
facture
N การ สร้าง วิธี หรือ สิ่ง ที่ สร้าง ขึ้นมา
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FACT
n.[L. factum, from facio, to make or do. ] 1. Any thing done, or that comes to pass; an act; a deed; an effect produced or achieved; an event. Witnesses are introduced into court to prove a fact. Facts are stubborn things. To deny a fact knowingly is to lie.
2. Reality; truth; as, in fact. So we say, indeed.
FACTION
n.[L. factio, from facio, to make or do. ] 1. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the prince, government or state; usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority. sometimes a state is divided into factions nearly equal. Rome was almost always disturbed by factions. Republics are proverbial for factions, and factions in monarchies have often effected revolutions.
A feeble government produces more factions than an oppressive one.
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
2. Tumult; discord; dissension.
FACTIONARY
n.A party man; one of a faction. [Little used. ]
FACTIONER
n.One of a faction. [Not in use. ]
FACTIONIST
n.One who promotes faction.
FACTIOUS
a.[L. factiosus.] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government; turbulent; prone to clamor against public measures of men. No state is free from factious citizens.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; as factious tumults; factious quarrels.
FACTIOUSLY
adv. In a factious manner; by means of faction; in a turbulent or disorderly manner.
FACTIOUSNESS
n.Inclination to form parties in opposition to the government, or to the public interest; disposition to clamor and raise opposition; clamorousness for a party.
FACTITIOUS
a.[L. factitius, from facio.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; as factitious cinnabar; factitious stones; factitious air.
FACTIVE
a.Making; having power to make. [Not used. ]
FACTOR
n.[L. factor; facio.] 1. In commerce, an agent employed by merchants, residing in other places, to buy and sell, and to negotiate bills of exchange, or to transact other business on their account.
2. an agent; a substitute.
3. In arithmetic, the multiplier and multiplicand, from the multiplication of which proceeds the product.
FACTORAGE
n.the allowance given to a factor by his employer, as a compensation for his services; called also a commission. This is sometimes a certain sum or rate by the cask or package; more generally it is a certain rate per cent. Of the value of the goods, purchased or sold.
FACTORSHIP
n.a factory; or the business of a factor.
FACTORY
n. 1. A house or place where factors reside, to transact business for their employers. The English merchants have factories in the East Indies, Turkey, Portugal, Hamburg, etc.
2. The body of factors in any place; as a chaplain to a British factory.
3. Contracted frommanufactory, a building or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares or utensils.
FACTOTUM
n.[L. do every thing. ] a servant employed to do all kinds of work.
FACTURE
n.The art or manner of making.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FACT
Fact, n. Etym: [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy. ]
1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs. ] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.
2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance. What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. Evelyn. He who most excels in fact of arms. Milton.
3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.I do not grant the fact. De Foe. This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. Roger Long.
Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. Burrill Bouvier. Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary. -- Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of- fact narration.
Syn. -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.
FACTION
Fac "tion, n. Etym: [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion. ]
1. (Anc. Hist. )
Defn: One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors ) in the games of the circus.
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests,especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
3. Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.
Syn. -- Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal.
FACTIONARY
Fac "tion *a *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. factionnaire, L. factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.]
Defn: Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs. ] Always factionary on the party of your general. Shak.
FACTIONER
FACTIONER Fac "tion *er (-r ), n.
Defn: One of a faction. Abp. Bancroft.
FACTIONIST
FACTIONIST Fac "tion *ist, n.
Defn: One who promotes faction.
FACTIOUS
Fac "tious. a. Etym: [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux. ]
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke. -- Fac "tious *ly, adv. -- Fac "tious-ness, n.
FACTITIOUS
Fac *ti "tious, a. Etym: [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Fetich. ]
Defn: Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti "tious *ly, adv. -- Fac *ti "tious-ness, n. He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.
Syn. -- Unnatural. -- Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.
FACTITIVE
Fac "ti *tive. a. Etym: [See Fact. ]
1. Causing; causative.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine. Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in it a reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the active voice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the subject of such activity. This second object is called the factitive object. J. W. Gibbs.
FACTIVE
FACTIVE Fac "tive, a.
Defn: Making; having power to make. [Obs. ] "You are. .. factive, not destructive. " Bacon.
FACTO
Fac "to, adv. Etym: [L., ablative of factum deed, fact. ] (Law )
Defn: In fact; by the act or fact. De facto. (Law ) See De facto.
FACTOR
Fac "tor, n. Etym: [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact. ]
1. (Law )
Defn: One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.
2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.
3. (Math. )
Defn: One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.
FACTOR
Fac "tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-trd ); p. pr. & vb. n.Factoring. ] (Mach. )
Defn: To resolve (a quantity ) into its factors.
FACTORAGE
Fac "tor *age, n. Etym: [Cf. F. factorage. ]
Defn: The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.
FACTORESS
FACTORESS Fac "tor *ess, n.
Defn: A factor who is a woman. [R.]
FACTORIAL
FACTORIAL Fac *to "ri *al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a factory. Buchanan.
2. (Math. )
Defn: Related to factorials.
FACTORIAL
FACTORIAL Fac *to "ri *al, n. (Math. ) (a ) pl.
Defn: A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F (x ) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F (x ).F (x + h ).F (x + 2h )...F [x + (n-1 )h ] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C. (b ) The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.
FACTORING
FACTORING Fac "tor *ing, n. (Math. )
Defn: The act of resolving into factors.
FACTORIZE
Fac "tor *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factorized (-zd ); p. pr. & vb. n.Factorizing (-"zng ).] (Law ) (a ) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b ) To attach (the effects of a debtor ) in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See Garnish. [Vt. & Conn. ]
FACTORSHIP
FACTORSHIP Fac "tor *ship, n.
Defn: The business of a factor.
FACTORY
Fac "to *ry, n.; pl. Factories (-r. Etym: [Cf. F. factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras. " Burke.
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. Factory leg (Med. ), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.
FACTOTUM
Fac *to "tum, n.; pl. Factotums (-t. Etym: [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all: cf. F. factotum. See Fact, and Total. ]
Defn: A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B. Jonson.
FACTUAL
FACTUAL Fac "tu *al, a.
Defn: Relating to, or containing, facts. [R.]
FACTUM
Fac "tum, n.; pl. Facta. Etym: [L. See Fact. ]
1. (Law )
Defn: A man's own act and deed; particularly: (a ) (Civil Law ) Anything stated and made certain. (b ) (Testamentary Law ) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.
2. (Mach. )
Defn: The product. See Facient, 2.
FACTURE
Fac "ture, n. Etym: [F. facture a making, invoice, L. factura a making. See Fact. ]
1. The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon.
2. (Com. )
Defn: An invoice or bill of parcels.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fact
fact |fakt fækt | ▶noun a thing that is indisputably the case: she lacks political experience —a fact that becomes clear when she appears in public | a body of fact. • (the fact that ) used in discussing the significance of something that is the case: the real problem facing them is the fact that their funds are being cut. • (usu. facts ) a piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article. • chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation: there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter. PHRASES before (or after ) the fact before (or after ) the committing of a crime: an accessory before the fact. a fact of life something that must be accepted as true and unchanging, even if it is unpleasant: it is a fact of life that young girls write horrible things about people in their diaries. facts and figures precise details. the facts of life information about sexual functions and practices, esp. as given to children. the fact of the matter the truth. in ( point of ) fact used to emphasize the truth of an assertion, esp. one contrary to what might be expected or what has been asserted: Aunt Madeline isn't in fact an aunt but a more distant relative. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do. ’ The original sense was ‘an act or feat, ’ later ‘bad deed, a crime, ’ surviving in the phrase before (or after ) the fact. The earliest of the current senses (‘truth, reality ’) dates from the late 16th cent.
fact-finding
fact-find ing |ˈfækt ˌfaɪndɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (esp. of a committee or its activity ) having the purpose of discovering and establishing the facts of an issue: a fact-finding mission. ▶noun the discovery and establishment of the facts of an issue. DERIVATIVES fact-find er noun
facticity
fac tic i ty |fakˈtisətē fækˈtɪsəti | ▶noun the quality or condition of being fact: the facticity of death.
faction
fac tion 1 |ˈfakSHən ˈfækʃən | ▶noun a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics: the left-wing faction of the party. • a state of conflict within an organization; dissension. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something ): via French from Latin factio (n- ), from facere ‘do, make. ’
faction
fac tion 2 |ˈfækʃən ˈfakSHən | ▶noun a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization. ORIGIN 1960s: blend of fact and fiction .
factional
fac tion al |ˈfakSHənl ˈfækʃnəl | ▶adjective relating or belonging to a faction: factional leaders. • characterized by dissent: factional conflicts. DERIVATIVES fac tion al ism |-ˌizəm |noun, fac tion al ly adverb
factionalize
fac tion al ize |ˈfakSHənl -īz ˈfækʃ (ə )nəˌlaɪz | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (esp. of a political party or other organized group ) split or divide into factions: there was a tendency for students to factionalize.
factious
fac tious |ˈfakSHəs ˈfækʃəs | ▶adjective relating or inclined to a state of faction: a factious country. DERIVATIVES fac tious ly adverb, fac tious ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction 1 ).
factitious
fac ti tious |fakˈtiSHəs fækˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective artificially created or developed: a largely factitious national identity. DERIVATIVES fac ti tious ly adverb, fac ti tious ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort ’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art, ’ from facere ‘do, make. ’
factitive
fac ti tive |ˈfaktətiv ˈfæktəˌtɪv | ▶adjective Linguistics (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 . ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make. ’
factive
fac tive |ˈfaktiv ˌfæktɪv | ▶adjective Linguistics denoting a verb that assigns the status of an established fact to its object (normally a clausal object ), e.g., know, regret, resent .
factoid
fac toid |ˈfakˌtoid ˈfækˌtɔɪd | ▶noun a brief or trivial item of news or information. • an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
factor
fac tor |ˈfaktər ˈfæktər | ▶noun 1 a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result or outcome: his legal problems were not a factor in his decision | she worked fast, conscious of the time factor. • Biology a gene that determines a hereditary characteristic: the Rhesus factor. 2 a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression. • Mathematics a number or algebraic expression by which another is exactly divisible. 3 Physiology any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation. See factor VIII. 4 a business agent; a merchant buying and selling on commission. • a company that buys a manufacturer's invoices at a discount and takes responsibility for collecting the payments due on them. • archaic an agent, deputy, or representative. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Mathematics another term for factorize. 2 sell (one's receivable debts ) to a factor. PHRASES the —— factor used to indicate that something specified will have a powerful, though unpredictable, influence on a result or outcome: the feel-good factor. PHRASAL VERBS factor something in (or out ) include (or exclude ) something as a relevant element when making a calculation or decision: when the psychological costs are factored in, a different picture will emerge. DERIVATIVES fac tor a ble adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (meaning ‘doer, perpetrator, ’ also in the Scots sense ‘agent ’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done, ’ from the verb facere.
factor VIII
fac tor VIII |fæktərˈeɪt |(also factor eight ) ▶noun Physiology a blood protein (a beta globulin ) involved in clotting. A deficiency of this causes one of the main forms of hemophilia.
factorage
fac tor age |ˈfaktərij ˈfæktərɪʤ | ▶noun the commission or charges payable to a factor.
factor analysis
fac tor a nal y sis ▶noun Statistics a process in which the values of observed data are expressed as functions of a number of possible causes in order to find which are the most important.
factor cost
fac tor cost ▶noun the cost of an item or a service in terms of the various factors that have played a part in its production or availability, and exclusive of tax costs.
factorial
fac to ri al |fakˈtôrēəl fækˈtɔriəl | ▶noun Mathematics the product of an integer and all the integers below it; e.g., factorial four ( 4!) is equal to 24. (Symbol: ! ) • the product of a series of factors in an arithmetic progression. ▶adjective chiefly Mathematics relating to a factor or such a product: a factorial design. DERIVATIVES fac to ri al ly adverb
factorize
fac tor ize |ˈfaktəˌrīz ˈfæktəˌraɪz | ▶verb Mathematics (with reference to a number ) resolve or be resolvable into factors. DERIVATIVES fac tor i za tion |ˌfaktərəˈzāSHən |noun
factory
fac to ry |ˈfakt (ə )rē ˈfækt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. factories ) 1 a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine. • [ with modifier ] a person, group, or institution that continually produces a great quantity of something specified: a huge factory of lying, slander, and bad English. 2 historical an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): from medieval Latin factoria from Latin factor (see factor ). Sense 1 from late Latin factoria, literally ‘oil press. ’
Factory Acts
Factory Acts (in the UK ) a series of laws regulating the operation of factories, designed to improve the working conditions of employees, especially women and children.
factory farming
fac to ry farm ing |ˈfækt (ə )ri ˌfɑrmɪŋ | ▶noun a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions. DERIVATIVES fac to ry farm noun
factory floor
fac to ry floor |ˈfækt (ə )ri flɔ (ə )r | ▶noun the workers in a company or industry, rather than the management: the unions had almost no influence on the factory floor.
factory outlet
fac to ry out let ▶noun a store in which goods, esp. surplus stock, are sold directly by the manufacturers at a discount.
factory ship
fac to ry ship |ˈfækt (ə )ri ʃɪp | ▶noun a fishing or whaling ship, or a ship accompanying a fishing or whaling fleet, with facilities for immediate processing of the catch.
factotum
fac to tum |fakˈtōtəm fækˈtoʊdəm | ▶noun ( pl. factotums ) an employee who does all kinds of work: he was employed as the general factotum. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally in the phrases dominum (or magister ) factotum, translating roughly as ‘master of everything, ’ and Johannes factotem ‘John do-it-all ’ or ‘Jack of all trades ’): from medieval Latin, from Latin fac! ‘do! ’ (imperative of facere ) + totum ‘the whole thing ’ (neuter of totus ).
fact sheet
fact sheet |ˈfæk (t ) ˌʃit | ▶noun a sheet of paper giving useful information about a particular issue, esp. one distributed for publicity purposes.
factual
fac tu al |ˈfakCHo͞oəl ˈfæk (t )ʃ (əw )əl | ▶adjective concerned with what is actually the case rather than interpretations of or reactions to it: a mixture of comment and factual information. • actually occurring: cases mentioned are factual. DERIVATIVES fac tu al i ty |ˌfakCHo͞oˈalitē |noun, fac tu al ly adverb, fac tu al ness noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from fact, on the pattern of actual .
factum
fac tum |ˈfaktəm ˈfæktəm | ▶noun ( pl. factums |-təmz | or facta |-tə | ) Law chiefly Canadian a statement of the facts of a case. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘something done or made. ’
facture
fac ture |ˈfakCHər ˈfæk (t )ʃər | ▶noun the quality of the execution of a painting; an artist's characteristic handling of the paint: Manet's sensuous facture. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘construction, workmanship ’): via Old French from Latin factura ‘formation, manufacture, ’ from facere ‘do, make. ’ The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
fact
fact |fakt | ▶noun a thing that is known or proved to be true: the most commonly known fact about hedgehogs is that they have fleas | [ mass noun ] : a body of fact. • (facts ) information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article. • (the fact that ) used to refer to a particular situation under discussion: despite the fact that I'm so tired, sleep is elusive. • [ mass noun ] chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation: there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter. PHRASES before (or after ) the fact before (or after ) the committing of a crime: an accessory before the fact. facts and figures precise details. a fact of life something that must be accepted and cannot be changed, however unpalatable: baldness is a fact of life for a lot of men. the facts of life information about sexual functions and practices, especially as given to children. the fact of the matter the truth. in ( point of ) fact used to emphasize the truth of an assertion, especially one opposite to what might be expected or what has been asserted: the brook trout is in fact a char. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do ’. The original sense was ‘an act ’, later ‘a crime ’, surviving in the phrase before (or after ) the fact. The earliest of the current senses (‘truth, reality ’) dates from the late 16th cent.
fact-finding
fact-finding ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (especially of a committee or its activity ) having the purpose of establishing the facts of an issue: a fact-finding mission. ▶noun the discovery and establishment of the facts of an issue. DERIVATIVES factfinder noun
facticity
facticity |fakˈtɪsɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or condition of being fact: the facticity of death.
faction
faction 1 |ˈfakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics: the left-wing faction of the party. • [ mass noun ] dissension within an organization. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something ): via French from Latin factio (n- ), from facere ‘do, make ’.
faction
faction 2 |ˈfakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization. ORIGIN 1960s: blend of fact and fiction .
factional
fac |tion ¦al |ˈfakʃ (ə )n (ə )l | ▶adjective relating or belonging to a faction: factional leaders. • characterized by dissent: factional conflicts. DERIVATIVES factionalism noun, factionally adverb
factionalize
factionalize |ˈfakʃ (ə )nəlʌɪz |(also factionalise ) ▶verb [ no obj. ] (especially of a political party or other organized group ) split or divide into factions: there was a tendency for students to factionalize.
factious
factious |ˈfakʃəs | ▶adjective relating or inclined to dissension: a factious country. DERIVATIVES factiously adverb, factiousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction 1 ).
factitious
factitious |fakˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective artificially created or developed: a largely factitious national identity. DERIVATIVES factitiously adverb, factitiousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort ’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art ’, from facere ‘do, make ’.
factitive
factitive |ˈfaktɪtɪv | ▶adjective Linguistics (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 . ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin factitivus, formed irregularly from Latin factitare, frequentative of facere ‘do, make ’.
factive
fac |tive |ˈfaktɪv | ▶adjective Linguistics denoting a verb that assigns the status of an established fact to its object (normally a clausal object ), e.g. know, regret, resent . Contrasted with contrafactive, non-factive.
factoid
fac |toid |ˈfaktɔɪd | ▶noun an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. • N. Amer. a brief or trivial item of news or information.
factor
fac ¦tor |ˈfaktə | ▶noun 1 a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result: his skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved | she worked fast, conscious of the time factor. • Biology a gene that determines a hereditary characteristic: the Rhesus factor. 2 a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression. • Mathematics a number or algebraic expression by which another is exactly divisible. 3 a level on a scale of measurement. • (with numeral ) a sunscreen of the sun protection factor specified: factor 30 sun cream. 4 Physiology any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation. See factor VIII. 5 an agent who buys and sells goods on commission. • a company that buys a manufacturer's invoices at a discount and takes responsibility for collecting the payments due on them. • Scottish a land agent or steward. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Mathematics another term for factorize. 2 (of a company ) sell (its invoices ) to a factor. PHRASAL VERBS factor something in (or out ) include (or exclude ) something as a relevant element when making a decision: when the psychological costs are factored in, a different picture will emerge. DERIVATIVES factorable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (meaning ‘doer ’, also in the Scots sense ‘agent ’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done ’, from the verb facere.
factor VIII
factor VIII |faktərˈeɪt |(also factor eight ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Physiology a blood protein (a beta globulin ) involved in clotting. A deficiency of this causes one of the main forms of haemophilia.
factorage
fac ¦tor |age |ˈfakt (ə )rɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the commission or charges payable to a factor.
factor analysis
fac ¦tor ana |lysis ▶noun [ mass noun ] Statistics a process in which the values of observed data are expressed as functions of a number of possible causes in order to find which are the most important.
factor cost
fac ¦tor cost ▶noun the cost of an item of goods or a service in terms of the various factors which have played a part in its production or availability, and exclusive of tax costs.
factorial
fac |tor ¦ial |fakˈtɔːrɪəl | ▶noun Mathematics the product of an integer and all the integers below it; e.g. factorial four ( 4!) is equal to 24. (Symbol: ! ) • the product of a series of factors in an arithmetical progression. ▶adjective chiefly Mathematics relating to a factor or factorial. DERIVATIVES factorially adverb
factorize
factorize |ˈfaktərʌɪz |(also factorise ) ▶verb Mathematics (with reference to a number ) resolve or be resolvable into factors. DERIVATIVES factorization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun
factory
fac |tory |ˈfakt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. factories ) 1 a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine. • [ with modifier ] a person or organization that continually produces a great quantity of something specified: the group have become a rock-and-roll hit factory. 2 historical an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): via Portuguese feitoria from medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (see factor ). Sense 1 based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press ’.
Factory Acts
Factory Acts (in the UK ) a series of laws regulating the operation of factories, designed to improve the working conditions of employees, especially women and children.
factory farming
fac |tory farm |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] a system of rearing livestock using highly intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions. DERIVATIVES factory farm noun
factory floor
fac |tory floor ▶noun the workers in a company or industry, rather than the management.
factory ship
fac |tory ship ▶noun a fishing or whaling ship, or a ship accompanying a fishing or whaling fleet, with facilities for immediate processing of the catch.
factory shop
factory shop (chiefly N. Amer. also factory outlet ) ▶noun a shop in which goods, especially surplus stock, are sold directly by the manufacturers at a discount.
factotum
factotum |fakˈtəʊtəm | ▶noun ( pl. factotums ) an employee who does all kinds of work: he was employed as the general factotum. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally in the phrases dominum (or magister factotum ), translating roughly as ‘master of everything ’, and Johannes factotem ‘John do-it-all ’ or ‘Jack of all trades ’): from medieval Latin, from Latin fac! ‘do! ’ (imperative of facere ) + totum ‘the whole thing ’ (neuter of totus ).
fact sheet
fact sheet ▶noun a paper giving useful information about a particular issue, especially one discussed on a television or radio programme.
factual
factual |ˈfaktʃʊəl, -tjʊəl | ▶adjective concerned with what is actually the case: a mixture of comment and factual information. • actually occurring: cases mentioned are factual. DERIVATIVES factuality |-ˈalɪti |noun, factually adverb, factualness noun
factum
factum |ˈfaktəm | ▶noun ( pl. factums or facta |-tə | ) Law, chiefly Canadian a statement of the facts of a case. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘something done or made ’.
facture
facture |ˈfaktʃə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of the execution of a painting; an artist's characteristic handling of the paint: Manet's sensuous facture. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘construction, workmanship ’): via Old French from Latin factura ‘formation, manufacture ’, from facere ‘do, make ’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.
American Oxford Thesaurus
fact
fact noun 1 it is a fact that the water is polluted: reality, actuality, certainty; truth, verity, gospel. ANTONYMS lie, fiction. 2 every fact was double-checked: detail, piece of information, particular, item, specific, element, point, factor, feature, characteristic, ingredient, circumstance, aspect, facet; (facts ) information. 3 an accessory after the fact: event, happening, occurrence, incident, act, deed. PHRASES in fact Mr. Hartmann was in fact present at the time of the shooting: actually, in actuality, in actual fact, really, in reality, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, as it happens, in truth, to tell the truth; archaic in sooth, verily.
faction
faction noun 1 a faction of the party: clique, coterie, caucus, cabal, bloc, camp, group, grouping, sector, section, wing, arm, branch, set; ginger group, pressure group. 2 the council was split by faction: infighting, dissension, dissent, dispute, discord, strife, conflict, friction, argument, disagreement, controversy, quarreling, wrangling, bickering, squabbling, disharmony, disunity, schism.
factious
factious adjective factious parties have weakened the movement: divided, split, schismatic, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarreling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at loggerheads, at odds, rebellious, mutinous. ANTONYMS harmonious.
factitious
factitious adjective the papers are shamelessly printing these factitious accounts: bogus, fake, specious, false, counterfeit, fraudulent, spurious, sham, mock, feigned, affected, pretended, contrived, engineered, inauthentic, ersatz; informal phony, pseudo, pretend. ANTONYMS genuine.
factor
factor noun this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw: element, part, component, ingredient, strand, constituent, point, detail, item, feature, facet, aspect, characteristic, consideration, influence, circumstance.
factory
factory noun jobs in the factories were getting harder to find: plant, works, yard, mill, workshop, shop; informal sweatshop.
factotum
factotum noun back then, these wealthy college boys made sure their personal factotums were just a whistle away: handyman, jack of all trades; assistant, man Friday, gal /girl Friday; gofer; informal Mr. /Ms. Fix-It.
factual
factual adjective a factual report from the chairman: truthful, true, accurate, authentic, historical, genuine, fact-based; true-to-life, correct, exact, honest, faithful, literal, verbatim, word for word, well-documented, unbiased, objective, unvarnished; formal veridical. ANTONYMS fictitious.
Oxford Thesaurus
fact
fact noun 1 it is a fact that the water supply is seriously polluted: reality, actuality, certainty, factuality, certitude; truth, naked truth, verity, gospel. ANTONYMS lie; fiction. 2 every fact in the report was double-checked: detail, piece of information, particular, item, specific, element, point, factor, feature, characteristic, respect, ingredient, attribute, circumstance, consideration, aspect, facet; (facts ) information, itemized information, whole story; informal info, gen, low-down, score, dope. 3 he was charged with being an accessory after the fact: event, happening, occurrence, incident, act, deed. PHRASES in fact he said that he was going home, but in fact he went to the pub: actually, in actuality, in actual fact, really, in reality, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, in truth, if truth be told, to tell the truth, the truth is /was; dated indeed, truly; archaic in sooth, verily; rare in the concrete.
faction
faction noun 1 he was supported by a faction of the Liberal Party: clique, coterie, caucus, cabal, bloc, camp, group, grouping, side, sector, section, wing, arm, branch, division, contingent, set, ring, lobby; ginger group, pressure group, splinter group, fringe movement, minority group. 2 the council was increasingly split by faction: infighting, dissension, dissent, dispute, discord, strife, contention, conflict, friction, argument, difference of opinion, disagreement, controversy, quarrelling, wrangling, bickering, squabbling, disputation, falling-out, debate, division, divisiveness, clashing, disharmony, disunity, variance, rupture, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, dissidence, rebellion, insurrection, sedition, mutiny, schism. ANTONYMS harmony.
factious
factious adjective he had transformed a fragmented, factious resistance movement into a monolithic one: divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous. ANTONYMS harmonious.
factitious
factitious adjective the outcry was, to a certain extent, factitious. See bogus.
factor
factor noun 1 this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw: element, part, component, ingredient, strand, constituent, point, detail, item, feature, facet, aspect, characteristic, consideration, influence, circumstance, thing, determinant. 2 Scottish he worked as a factor in Perthshire: agent, representative, deputy, middleman, intermediary, go-between; estate manager, land agent, land steward, reeve.
factory
factory noun works, plant, manufacturing complex /facility, yard, mill, industrial unit; workshop, shop; shop floor; archaic manufactory.
factotum
factotum noun in former times he might have been a nobleman's factotum: odd-job man, (general ) handyman, general employee, man of all work, maid of all work, jack of all trades, personal assistant; Brit. PA; Austral. knockabout; informal (Mr ) Fixit, man /girl Friday.
factual
factual adjective a factual account of events: truthful, true, accurate, authentic, historical, genuine, fact-based, realistic, real; true-to-life, lifelike, telling it like it is, as it really happened, correct, circumstantial, sure, veritable, exact, precise, honest, fair, faithful, literal, matter-of-fact, verbatim, word for word, unbiased, objective, unprejudiced, unvarnished, unadorned, unadulterated, unexaggerated; rare verisimilar, veristic, veridical. ANTONYMS fictitious.
Duden Dictionary
Fact
Fact Substantiv, maskulin , der |fækt |der Fact; Genitiv: des Facts, Plural: die Facts meist im Plural englisch fact < lateinisch factum, Faktum Tatsache [nmaterial ]
Factice
Fac ti ce Substantiv, feminin , die |…ˈtiːs (ə )|französisch [große ] Parfümflasche zu Werbe- und Dekorationszwecken
Faction
Fac tion Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈfækʃən |die Faction; Genitiv: der Faction Kunstwort aus englisch fac t (vgl. Fact ) und fic tion (vgl. Fiction )Literatur- oder Filmgattung, in der wahre Begebenheiten künstlerisch gestaltet werden
Faction-Prosa
Fac tion-Pro sa , Fac tion pro sa Substantiv, feminin , die Factionprosa |ˈfækʃən … ˈfækʃən …|die Faction-Prosa; Genitiv: der Faction-Prosa die Factionprosa; Genitiv: der Factionprosa englisch ; lateinisch amerikanische Dokumentarliteratur seit Mitte der 60er -Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts
Factoring
Fac to ring Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das |ˈfæktərɪŋ |das Factoring; Genitiv: des Factoring [s ] englisch-amerikanisch factoring, zu factor = Agent, Vertreter < französisch facteur < lateinisch factor, Faktor Methode der Absatzfinanzierung, bei der der Lieferbetrieb seine Forderungen aus Warenlieferungen einem Finanzierungsinstitut verkauft, das meist auch das volle Kreditrisiko übernimmt
Factory-Outlet
Fac to ry-Out let , Fac to ry out let Substantiv, Neutrum , das Factoryoutlet |ˈfæktərɪ |a͜utlɛt ˈfæktərɪ |a͜utlɛt |das Factory-Outlet; Genitiv: des Factory-Outlets, Plural: die Factory-Outlets das Factoryoutlet; Genitiv: des Factoryoutlets, Plural: die Factoryoutlets englisch factory outlet, aus: factory = Fabrik und outlet = Verkaufsstelle Verkaufsstelle einer Firma, in der ihre Waren [mit Rabatt ] direkt an den Verbraucher verkauft werden
Factory-Outlet-Center
Fac to ry-Out let-Cen ter , Fac to ry out let cen ter Fac to ry out let-Cen ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das Factoryoutletcenter Factoryoutlet-Center Einkaufszentrum, das aus Factory-Outlets besteht Abkürzung: FOC
Facture
Fac tu re , Fac ture Substantiv, feminin , die |fakˈtyːrə |die Facture; Genitiv: der Facture, Plural: die Facturen Faktur 2
French Dictionary
facteur
facteur n. m. nom masculin 1 Élément contribuant à un résultat. : Un facteur de progrès. SYNONYME cause . 2 mathématiques Chacun des termes d ’une multiplication. LOCUTIONS Facteur Rhésus. Substance contenue dans le sang. Le facteur temps, le facteur prix. en apposition Dans la langue soignée, on préférera la construction avec la préposition de.
facteur
facteur factrice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin 1 Employé des postes qui distribue les lettres, imprimés, colis à leurs destinataires. 2 Fabricant d ’orgues ou de pianos.
factice
factice adj. et n. m. adjectif Faux, imité. : Une moustache factice. nom masculin littéraire Ce qui est factice. : Le factice et le vrai. Note Orthographique facti c e.
factieux
factieux , ieuse adj. adjectif Qui complote, cherche à provoquer des troubles contre le pouvoir établi. SYNONYME séditieux .
faction
faction n. f. nom féminin Groupe subversif. : Une faction des Brigades rouges. LOCUTION Être de faction, en faction. Assurer la surveillance d ’un lieu. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom fraction, partie d ’un tout.
factoriel
factoriel , ielle adj. adjectif Relatif à un facteur. : Analyse factorielle.
factoring
factoring FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour affacturage.
factuel
factuel , elle adj. adjectif Qui se rapporte aux faits. : Non pas des hypothèses, mais des données factuelles. SYNONYME objectif ; observable ; réel .
facturation
facturation n. f. nom féminin Action d ’établir une facture. : Une facturation mensuelle.
facture
facture n. f. nom féminin 1 État détaillé précisant la quantité, la nature et le prix des marchandises vendues, des services rendus. : Je voudrais régler cette facture. SYNONYME compte . Note Technique À l ’hôtel, c ’est une note, et au restaurant, c ’est une addition. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom fracture, cassure. 2 Manière dont une chose est faite. : Un roman de bonne facture. SYNONYME exécution ; travail .
facturer
facturer v. tr. verbe transitif Inscrire (un produit, un service ) sur une facture. : Facturer (et non *charger ) des matériaux à un entrepreneur. Note Syntaxique Le verbe se construit avec un complément direct (article ou service facturé ) et avec la préposition à suivie d ’un nom de personne (destinataire de la facture ). On a facturé les pots cassés à M. Biniou (et non on a *facturé M. Biniou pour les pots cassés ). aimer
Spanish Dictionary
factibilidad
factibilidad nombre femenino Cualidad o condición de factible :esos objetivos se lograrán en la medida en que la factibilidad de los proyectos estimulen la movilización de capitales hacia nuestro país .
factible
factible adjetivo Que puede ser hecho o que es fácil de hacer :el proyecto es factible, pues no se sale de nuestro presupuesto; el corredor francés triunfó siendo muy joven, lo cual en el ciclismo de hace años era mucho más factible que ahora .SINÓNIMO hacedero .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xviii ) del latín factibilis. De la familia etimológica de hacer (V.).
facticidad
facticidad nombre femenino filos Carácter de lo que existe de hecho y está desprovisto de necesidad .
facticio, -cia
facticio, -cia adjetivo Que ha sido elaborado artificialmente a partir de elementos verdaderos :texto medieval facticio .
fáctico, -ca
fáctico, -ca adjetivo 1 formal Factual :proposición fáctica; orden fáctico .2 formal Que está basado en los hechos o limitado a ellos, y no en lo teórico o imaginario :necesitaba pruebas fácticas que demostraran su teoría . VÉASE poder fáctico .
factitivo, -va
factitivo, -va adjetivo ling [verbo, perífrasis verbal ] Que expresa que el sujeto no realiza la acción por sí mismo, sino que la hace realizar a otro u otros :la frase ‘me he cortado el pelo ’ tiene dos interpretaciones: reflexiva (’yo a mí mismo ’) y factitiva (’me lo he hecho cortar ’).SINÓNIMO causativo, factivo .
factivo, -va
factivo, -va adjetivo ling [verbo, perífrasis verbal ] Que expresa que el sujeto no realiza la acción por sí mismo, sino que la hace realizar a otro u otros .SINÓNIMO causativo, factitivo .
facto
facto der Palabra que se utiliza en la expresión latina de facto , que significa ‘por hechos ’, por oposición a de iure :la necesidad de los procesos naturales es, pues, necesidad de facto, no de iure .
factor
factor nombre masculino 1 Elemento, circunstancia, influencia, que contribuye a producir un resultado :hay que tener en cuenta los factores de riesgo; al final él fue el factor determinante; examinando el fenómeno con una cierta perspectiva, es un hecho más atribuible a la evolución de la historia que a cualquier otro factor .factor de producción Agente o medio fundamental que interviene en la producción :los recursos naturales, el capital y el trabajo son los factores de producción .También simplemente factor .2 nombre común Esp Empleado que en las estaciones de ferrocarril cuida de la recepción, expedición y entrega de los equipajes, mercancías, etc .3 nombre masculino mat Cantidad que se multiplica con otra para obtener un producto :la propiedad conmutativa establece que el orden de los factores no altera el producto .4 mat Número o cantidad que está contenido en otra cantidad un número exacto de veces .SINÓNIMO divisor, submúltiplo .
factoría
factoría nombre femenino 1 Fábrica (establecimiento ).2 Establecimiento fundado por un país en otro para comerciar con sus habitantes .
factorial
factorial adjetivo 1 mat De los factores :descomposición factorial .2 nombre masculino mat Cantidad que resulta de la multiplicación de determinado número natural por todos los números naturales que le anteceden excluyendo el cero; se representa por n!:el factorial de 4 es 24 (producto de 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 ).
factorización
factorización nombre femenino mat Transformación de una expresión en producto de factores .
factorizar
factorizar verbo transitivo 1 mat Expresar un número como el producto de otros números menores por los cuales este se puede dividir :el número 80 se puede factorizar en 8 x 10 .2 verbo transitivo mat Expresar un polinomio como el producto de polinomios más simples :factorizar una expresión algebraica .Conjug. [4 ] como realizar .
factótum
factótum nombre masculino 1 Persona de plena confianza de otra y que en nombre de esta despacha sus principales negocios .2 coloquial Persona que desempeña todas las funciones en una casa, empresa o establecimiento .El plural es factótums .
factual
factual adjetivo formal De los hechos o que está relacionado con ellos :realidad factual; comprobación factual; conocimientos factuales; lo factual desempeña una función primordial como criterio en la investigación: solo es científico aquello que predice hechos hasta entonces desconocidos .SINÓNIMO fáctico .
factura
factura nombre femenino 1 Cuenta en la que se detallan las mercancías compradas o los servicios recibidos, junto con su cantidad y su importe, y que se entrega a quien debe pagarla :no te olvides de pedir factura de todo lo que compres .2 Manera en la que está hecha una cosa :este Evangeliario es de factura un tanto tosca y posterior al siglo xii .SINÓNIMO hechura .3 Arg Nombre genérico que se da a diversas clases de productos panificados hechos con harina, azúcar, huevo y manteca o grasa; tienen diversas formas y pueden llevar dulce de leche, crema o dulce de membrillo; se elaboran y venden en panaderías :las medialunas son las facturas más clásicas .4 Venez coloquial Edificio donde se encierra a los condenados a pena de privación de libertad o a los presuntos culpables de un delito .SINÓNIMO cárcel .pasar factura i Pedir un favor como contraprestación de otro que se había hecho :no te pasará factura por su ayuda, es una persona desinteresada .ii Hacer pagar las consecuencias de una acción o un comportamiento :el desgaste del partido del miércoles le está pasando factura al equipo brasileño .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvi ) del latín factura ‘hechura, factura, estructura ’, ‘obra ’. Del mismo origen que hechura (V.). De la familia etimológica de hacer (V.).
facturación
facturación nombre femenino 1 Acción de facturar :hay que hacer la facturación de estas telas .2 Cantidad de dinero que suman todas las facturas emitidas por una empresa durante un período determinado de tiempo :la multinacional norteamericana alcanzó una facturación de 45 000 millones de dólares .
facturar
facturar verbo transitivo 1 Entregar y registrar en las estaciones de tren, aeropuertos, etc. , un equipaje o una mercancía para que sea enviada a su lugar de destino :tenemos que llegar al aeropuerto con tiempo para facturar el equipaje .2 Extender la factura de una cosa :el electricista no me facturará la reparación hasta que no la termine completamente .3 Incluir en una factura una mercancía comprada o un servicio realizado :esta empresa no factura los costes por envío .4 Sumar cierta cantidad de dinero [todas las facturas emitidas por una empresa durante un período determinado de tiempo ]:de cada 100 dólares que facturan las empresas audiovisuales en todo el mundo, 42 van a parar a Estados Unidos de América .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
fact
fact /fækt /〖語源は 「行われたこと 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C «…という /…に関する » 事実 ; 現実, 本当にあったこと «that節 , of do ing /of , about » ▸ the simple [very ] fact that ……という動かしがたい [まさにその ]事実 ▸ a sad fact 痛ましい事実 ▸ the facts of the case その件の事実 ▸ hard facts 間違いのない事実 ; 厳しい現実 ▸ stick [keep ] to the facts 事実のみを話す ▸ know the true [real ] facts 本当の事実を知る (!｟コーパス ｠fact自体にtrue, realの意味は含まれるが, 誤まった事実と対比する文脈などで強調的に用いられる ) コーパスの窓 the fact (that )を伴う表現 一般にthatは省略されない. 以下の表現でもthat節の主語が 代名詞 である場合を除き, thatの省略は ｟まれ ｠▸ despite [in spite of ] the fact that ……にもかかわらず (although )▸ apart from the fact that ……は別にして ▸ due [owing ] to the fact that ……だから (｟ややくだけて ｠because (of the fact that ), since, as )▸ given [in view of ] the fact that ……ということを考えれば [考慮に入れて ].語法 the factとthat節の用法 主語としてthat節を用いる場合や, know, acceptなど直接that節を目的語にとれる 動詞 でも, 節中の内容を強調したい時はthe fact that … を用いる ▸ The fact that he is a doctor means nothing to her .彼が医者であることは彼女には何の問題もない (→that 接続詞 2 )▸ I cannot accept the fact that my father has got cancer .私は父が癌 （がん ）であることを受け入れられない 2 U (空想 理論などでない )現実 ; 真実 (↔fiction )▸ How much is fact and how much is fiction? 真相はどれぐらいで, 作り話はどれぐらいなんだ 3 C 〖通例 ～s 〗申し立て (られた事実 ).4 U 〖the ～〗〘法 〙犯行, 犯罪事実 (!事実をいうときは時にthe ～s ) .à fter the f á ct 事後に [の ]; 犯行後に [の ].(and ) th à t's [ì t's ] a f á ct ｟くだけて ｠〖前言を受けて 〗(そして )それは本当なんだ .as a m à tter of f á ct →matter .f à cts and f í gures 正確な情報 ; 詳細なデータ .g è t one's f à cts wr ó ng [str á ight, r í ght ](物 事について )曲解する [正しく把握する ].in (à ctual ) f á ct ＝話 in p ò int of f á ct 1 〖前言を補足して 〗実際に (は ); つまり ▸ I love this city. In fact , Tokyo is my hometown .この町が好きなんです . 実際, 東京出身ですし .2 〖前言を強調して 〗それどころか ; ところが実際は ; (見た目とは違い )むしろ (!話し手の主張を強調する; →actually 読解のポイント ) ▸ “Is that a common problem? ” “No. In fact , I've never heard of it happening. ”「よくある問題なんですか 」「いや, それどころかそんなことが起きていることさえ聞いたこともない 」.A is a f à ct of l í fe A 〈好ましくない状況 〉は避けられない現実だ, 厳然たる事実だ .Is th à t a f á ct? ｟くだけた話 ｠本当? , まさか (!驚き 興味を表す ) .It's a f á ct that …実は …だ .kn ò w A for a f á ct A 〈事 〉が間違いのないことだとわかっている .kn ò w for a f á ct (that ) …｟話 ｠…ということははっきりわかっている [確信している ].The f á ct (of the m à tter ) is (that ) …｟話 ｠実は …だ (｟ややくだけて ｠Fact is (,) …)▸ He calls himself a doctor. But the fact is , he is a pharmacist .彼は自分を医者だと言っているが, 実は薬剤師なんだ The f à ct rem á ins that ……という事実は依然として残る [やはり変わらない ] (!thatは 接続詞 で主語The factの同格名詞節を導く ) .the f à cts of l í fe 1 (親が子に教える )性の知識 〘出産やセックスなど 〙.2 人生の厳しい現実 .the f à cts sp è ak for thems é lves 事実が (おのずからそう )物語っている .～́ f ì nder (労働争議などの )実情調査員 .～́ sh è et データシート .
fact-finding
f á ct-f ì nding 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗名詞 U 実情 [事実 ]調査 (の )▸ a fact-finding mission [trip, visit ]実情調査団 [訪問 ]
faction
fac tion 1 /fǽkʃ (ə )n /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (政党内部などの )派閥, 党派, 会派 ; 対立グループ ; 少数派 ▸ split into warring [rival ] factions 敵対する派閥に分裂する 2 U ｟かたく ｠派閥争い [抗争 ], 内紛 .
faction
fac tion 2 〖fac t ＋fic tion 〗名詞 C U ｟くだけて ｠ドキュメンタリー番組 [映画, 小説 ], 実話小説 〘実話に基づくがフィクションを含むこともある 〙.
factional
fac tion al /fǽkʃ (ə )n (ə )l /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗派閥 (間 )の ; 派閥色の強い 〈紛争 不和など 〉.～ì sm 名詞 U 派閥間闘争 .～ly 副詞
factitious
fac ti tious /fæktɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠人為的 [不自然 ]な ; 故意の ; 見せかけの, わざとらしい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
factoid
fact oid /fǽktɔɪd /名詞 C (報道されたことによる )虚構 [擬似 ]事実 〘根拠や証拠に乏しいが一般に事実と思われている事柄 〙; ちょっとしたおもしろい情報, 些細 （ささい ）な情報 .
factor
fac tor /fǽktə r /〖語源は 「物を作る人 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 «…という結果をもたらす » 要因 , 原因 ; 要素 «in (do ing )» ▸ an important [a key, a major ] factor in decisions 決定する上での重要な [主要な ]要因 2 〘数 〙因数, 因子 ;〘 機 〙係数, 率 ;〘 生物 〙因子, 遺伝子 (gene ); 〘コンピュ 〙因子, ファクタ ▸ increase by a factor of ten 10倍に増加する ▸ a common factor 公約数 ▸ a risk factor 危険因子 ▸ a sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 15 日焼け止め指数 (｟略 ｠SPF )15のクリーム ▸ a genetic factor 遺伝子 3 仲買, 問屋 ; 委託販売人, 商事代理業者 ; 金融業者 ; ｟スコット ｠土地管理人 .動詞 他動詞 1 ｟米 ｠〘数 〙〈数 〉を因数に分解する .2 〈債権 〉を債権買取業者に売る .自動詞 代理業を営む .f à ctor A í n [í n A ]｟主に米 ｠A 〈費用など 〉を計算に入れる (!～ A into Bは 「AをBの計算に入れる 」) .f à ctor A ó ut [ó ut A ]｟主に米 ｠A 〈費用など 〉を計算からはずす (!～ A out of Bは 「AをBの計算からはずす 」) .～̀ é ight [VIII ]〘医 〙抗血友病因子 〘血液を凝固させる物質; 欠けると血友病となる 〙.
factorial
fac to ri al /fæktɔ́ːriəl /名詞 C 〘数 〙階乗, 因数 .形容詞 階乗 [因数 ]の .
factory
fac to ry /fǽkt (ə )ri /〖factor (物を作る )ery (製造所 )〗名詞 複 -ries /-z /C 1 (機械で大量の製品を造る )工場 , 製造所 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗工場の [に関する ]▸ work in [at ] a car [chemical, textile ] factory 自動車 [化学, 繊維 ]工場で働く (→at 1 類義 )▸ a factory worker 工場労働者 2 ｟比喩的に ｠大量生産する所, 次々に作り出す所 .3 〘史 〙在外商館 .F -́ À cts 〖the ～〗〘英史 〙工場法 .～́ f à rm ｟英 否定的に ｠工場式畜産場 .～́ f à rming ｟英 否定的に ｠工場方式の酪農 [畜産業 ].～́ fl ò or 〖the ～; 集合的に 〗工場の作業場 ; 工場労働者 ▸ on the factory floor 工員たちの間で ～́ g à te pr ì ce 工場渡し価格 .～́ ò utlet ｟主に米 ｠ [sh ò p ｟主に英 ｠]工場直販店 .～́ sh ì p (鯨 )工船 .
factotum
fac to tum /fæktóʊtəm /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠雑用係, 雑役夫 [婦 ].
factual
fac tu al /fǽktʃu (ə )l /形容詞 事実の ; 事実に基づいた (!理論や個人的な解釈と対比して用いる ) ; 現実的な ▸ factual information 事実に基づいた情報 ～ly 副詞 事実として 〈正確ななど 〉; 現実に .
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