plain fact

collocation in English

meaningsofplainandfact

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plain
adjective
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
not decorated in any way; with ...
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fact
noun[C or U]
uk
/fækt/us
/fækt/
something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there ...
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(Definition ofplainandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplain fact

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This is not to excuse bogus originality designed to embellishplainfact.
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That is theplainfact.
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Theplainfactis this.
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That is aplainfact.
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This is theplainfact.
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That was theplainfact.
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This is aplainfact.
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That, of course, is aplainfact.
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That is a matter ofplainfact.
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Let us face theplainfact.
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That, after all, is aplainfact.
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That, of course, is theplainfact.
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It is a question ofplainfact.
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Theplainfactis that obviously no one really knows.
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Theplainfactis that capitalism is on the decline.
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That is theplainfactof the case.
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That is theplainfactof this matter.
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Theplainfactis that their central policy has failed.
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Theplainfactis that there are not enough beds.
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I greatly regret this, but it is theplainfact.
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Theplainfactis that these centres will be lost.
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Theplainfactis that they do not.
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That is not rhetoric; it isplainfact.
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That is theplainfactof the matter.
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There is nothing cynical in asserting thatplainfact.
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