► true based on real facts, and not imagined or invented: · The film was based on a true story.· Do you think the rumours are true?
► accurate 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.
► undeniable/indisputable 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.
► factual 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.
► verifiable formal able to be proven to be true or correct: · The data was verifiable.
► it is a fact used when saying that something is definitely true: · It is a fact that women live longer than men.
► be the truth to be true – used when saying that someone is not lying: · What I told you was the truth.
► be the case 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.