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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fato relevante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfatu ʁe.lɛˈvɐ̃.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Salient-fact/ˈseɪ.li.ənt fækt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Este é o fato relevante que precisamos analisar."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A most noticeable, significant, or important piece of information that stands out in a given context.

    "During the briefing, the investigator highlighted one salient-fact that completely changed the direction of the case."
  2. 2

    A core truth or crucial detail that is most relevant to the resolution of an issue.

    "You must keep the salient-fact in mind before drawing any hasty conclusions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'salient', originating from Latin 'salire' (meaning to leap or jump, via French in the 16th century to mean prominent or striking), and 'fact', derived from Latin 'factum' (a thing done or performed). Together, it evolved into a compound descriptor in modern English analytical discourse to denote a singularly prominent and pertinent piece of information.

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