factualfac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/ ●○○ adjective 
Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.factual information/knowledge/statements etc Libraries are stores of factual information. The report contained a number of factual errors.► see thesaurus at true—factually adverb: The document is factually correct.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- For this reason, use short paragraphs and direct, factual sentences.
- History books have their main ideas, supporting evidence and factual details arranged in a particular manner.
- Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.
- Neither of these approaches necessitate the drawing of precise lines between legal and factual questions.
- The original part consists of a string of factual claims, many of which are quarter-truths or plain wrong.
- The questions had, for the most part, been slanted to the factual points about where people were on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
- There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.
- This complex and imperfect achievement did not result automatically or easily from dispassionate moral or factual analysis.
THESAURUS
based on real facts, and not imagined or invented: · The film was based on a true story.· Do you think the rumours are true?
based on facts and not containing any mistakes – used about descriptions, information, and numbers: · The measurements are accurate.· His assessment of the current economic situation is accurate.
definitely true, so that no one can argue or disagree about it: · It is indisputable that the situation has got worse.· The decline in inflation was undeniable, even if the reasons for the decline were unclear.
based on facts, or involving facts: · The court makes its decision based on factual evidence.· There is very little factual information about the incident.· a factual account of what happened· The questions ask for a purely factual answer, not for opinion.
formal able to be proven to be true or correct: · The data was verifiable.
used when saying that something is definitely true: · It is a fact that women live longer than men.
to be true – used when saying that someone is not lying: · What I told you was the truth.
if a situation is the case, that is the way the situation truly is: · It is certainly the case that crime rates are lower in Europe than in the US.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Libraries are stores of factual information. The report contained a number of factual errors.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Libraries are stores of factual information. The report contained a number of factual errors.· It’s difficult to collect factual data on these insects.
(=which includes a fact that is wrong)· The article contains many factual errors.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The publisher will require the client to complete an enquiry form soas to be satisfied as to the factual accuracy of the advertisement.· The thing I liked best about Teravainen was that he was consumed with factual accuracy.· Checking the factual accuracy of the new social security information items proved to be a greater obstacle than usual.· I will seek confirmation from both parties as to the factual accuracy of any such memorandum.· The more deep-seated problem is not factual accuracy but the writer's perspective on his subject.· The report has been with the department's accountants for more than three weeks as they check its factual accuracy.
· Of interest is not so much their dubious factual basis as their plausibility.· Such vague propositions need to rest on some testable factual basis.· Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell.
· The problem is no longer to provide the company with updated factual data.· Are they helpful in learning and retaining factual data, while at the same time promoting interest and imagination?· Phenomenologists believe that it is impossible to produce factual data and it is therefore impossible to produce and check causal explanations.
· History books have their main ideas, supporting evidence and factual details arranged in a particular manner.· But he was also interested in the substantial factual detail of astronomy, anatomy, and the physics of motion.· The result is that, chapter after chapter, there are errors ranging from factual detail to total distortion through drastic editing.· It means getting factual details, but more importantly, understanding the client's aims and aspirations.
· Injury to official reputation affords no more warrant for repressing speech that would otherwise be free than does factual error.· There are some typographical and factual errors but these are minor blemishes.· The review is filled with inconsistencies and factual errors.
· This is where we need to turn to the factual evidence.· There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.· What is required is a fair balance and as much factual evidence as possible.· Regarding recruitment of staff, there is little factual evidence available to substantiate the claim either way.
· However it can be used when the buyer is clearly seeking factual information.· They serve as role models and sources of factual information for other teens.· The approach to course design emphasises the development of understanding of key ideas rather than extensive memorisation of detailed factual information.· Many respondents criticized campus police for not disclosing enough factual information about the racial events, fueling rumors and speculation.· They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information, they want to get it right.· Yes, you memorized all types of lists and pieces of factual information with regard to, say, the physical sciences.· In historical writing you may need a great deal of factual information to support your argument or opinion.· Use the written word when possible, particularly for factual information of times, prices, dates, sizes and explicit details.
· This requires more than factual knowledge.· They need to provide the factual knowledge and the reasoning skills that a rational mind requires.· Motivation is heightened, factual knowledge increased, and opinions may be modified.· Every essay must have a solid foundation of factual knowledge.· But practice can mean going through the motions just as much as accumulating factual knowledge.· In their undergraduate years they are drilled in factual knowledge and scientific method, and rarely see patients outside hospital buildings.
· Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.· Generally speaking, a document which presents factual material in volume and with precision encourages the reader to believe in its reliability.· Where policy has to be settled over such matters as public health or education, statistical and factual material is needed.
· Of course, some people would argue that the truth of factual statements can only be established inductively from particular experiences.· These factual statements also form the basis for future communications about whatever action you choose to take.· But what of attitude with belief, and ethical with factual statement?· It sounds promising to say that these sentences stand to wonderings and wishes very much as factual statements stand to beliefs.
WORD FAMILYnounfactadjectivefactualadverbfactually
based on facts or relating to facts: Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.factual information/knowledge/statements etc Libraries are stores of factual information. The report contained a number of factual errors.► see thesaurus at true—factually adverb: The document is factually correct.