observable fact

collocation in English

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observable
adjective
uk
/əbˈzɜː.və.bəl/us
/əbˈzɝː.və.bəl/
that can be noticed ...
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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 ofobservableandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobservable fact

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Its principal strength is the way that it contrasts bodies of knowledge, juxtaposes metaphor andobservablefact, and pulls together strands of opinion across eras and contexts.
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It is also a clearlyobservablefactthat the cost of meeting environmental objectives is routinely exaggerated.
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Whether this be a justification or guarantee of the validity of our metaphysics or not, it is anobservablefact.
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It is not a subjective judgment: it is anobservablefact.
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It had no relation to anyobservablefactsuch as the incidence of street crime.
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Does he accept that it is now anobservablefactthat in each succeeding business cycle the level of unemployment increases?
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This is to be a matter ofobservablefact.
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Some people say that is a short-term argument, but it is anobservablefact—a loathsome expression—that with a lower pound the demand for sterling-priced exports grows in dollar terms.
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It has been destroyed by the experience of the past 15 years, byobservablefact, by the situation that we see around us in our constituencies.
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That is anobservablefact.
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He made clear that such a realism did not rely onobservablefact, but on his inner reality; his fantasies.
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One easilyobservablefactabout these examples is that they prefer a unique intonation pattern.
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Cannon's final model of emotions not only explained the observable facts of the physiological laboratory, but it also provided a rationale for common emotional experiences.
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The law of causality has not the significance of a statement as to the world of experience, except when observable facts ultimately appear as causes and effects.
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Using the scientific process, any hypothesis that is contradicted by the observable facts may be rejected.
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Positivism fails to prove that there are not abstract ideas, laws, and principles, beyond particular observable facts and relationships and necessary principles, or that we can not know them.
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