WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fac•tive  (fak′tiv),USA pronunciation [Ling.]
adj. 
  1. Linguistics(of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.

n. 
  1. Linguisticsa factive expression.
  • fact + -ive 1605–15
fac•tiv′i•ty, n. 


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