B2adjectiveacademicmedia
US/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
UK/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
based on facts, or containing facts, not opinions or imagination
In context
The report should be factual, so please leave out your personal opinions.
The newspaper printed a correction after readers pointed out a factual error.
Students must support their essay arguments with factual evidence.
Words that go with factual
adjective + noun
- factual informationThe website gives clear, factual information about each product.
- factual errorThe article contained several factual errors.
- factual accountShe gave a factual account of the accident.
- factual reportA factual report lists the events without comment.
- factual evidenceThe claim has no factual evidence behind it.
adverb + adjective
- purely factualThe presentation was purely factual, with no advertising.