Noun

(en noun)

Actual instance where a situation arises.

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Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Action; the realm of action.

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A wrongful or criminal deed.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.ix:

She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact , / Against that nation [...].

(obsolete) Feat.

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An honest observation.

Something actual as opposed to invented.

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Something which has become real.

Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.

Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.