See main entry: verify

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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.

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