scientific fact
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3.2
- noun
- /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk fækt/
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hecho científico
- Professor Brian Cox criticizes policy and journalism that ignore scientific facts and findings.
Then you can have much more confidence to call that finding a scientific fact.
- Then you can have much more confidence to call that finding a scientific fact.
- It's basically Western stereotypes enshrined as scientific fact.
- That's a statement of scientific fact that our system in its intervention based model conveniently ignores.
- But the king, you know, it is like somebody who is extremely powerful, denying very basic scientific facts.
- Unlike algorithms, it's a scientific fact that friendships help you battle diseases and stress.
- Harmain intercalates into DNA and this is known, this is scientific fact.
Examples
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Professional life is one of constant assimilation of scientific facts and those pertaining to the specific problems of specific patients.
Academic text (1994) -
The arguments used in support of evolution are based in scientific fact, not philosophical speculation.
Academic text (1991) -
This is a scientific fact.
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Still, these hard scientific facts are to be found in what is called scientific literature.
Academic text (2009) -
I can't state any scientific fact without evidence.
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Isn't it a scientific fact that it will always rise?
Academic text (1992) -
You can't alter a scientific fact.
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Unlike algorithms, it's a scientific fact that friendships help you battle diseases and stress.
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Today's popularly accepted scientific facts will eventually be displaced by a new set of scientific facts.
Blog text (4) -
The arguments used in support of evolution are based in scientific fact, not philosophical speculation.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Something that can be shown to be true, not an opinion
Antonyms
How Confirmed
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3.2
330
3.4
- Specialized
713
2.7
138
6.1
288
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'scientific' (related to science) modifies 'fact' (a verifiable truth), so the phrase denotes a fact established or supported by scientific methods. This modifier+noun pattern is transparent and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term scientific fact comes from the simple idea that a fact is something scientists accept after many checks and that scientific shows it comes from careful study. So, it means an observation that has been tested many times and is widely accepted as 'true'.