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Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.
Aleister Crowley

Meaning of "facts of life" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FACTS OF LIFE

facts of life play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACTS OF LIFE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Facts of life is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACTS OF LIFE

factory hand
factory inspector
factory outlet
factory ship
factory work
factory worker
factory-fresh
factory-like
factotum
facts and figures
factsheet
factual
factualism
factualist
factualistic
factuality
factually
factualness
factum
facture

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACTS OF LIFE

a dog´s life
come to life
daily life
family life
for dear life
go for your life
home life
life
love life
marine life
not on your life
quality of life
real life
school life
sex life
shelf life
social life
still life
to the life
tree of life
way of life

Synonyms and antonyms of facts of life in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «facts of life» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACTS OF LIFE

Find out the translation of facts of life to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of facts of life from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «facts of life» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生活中的事实
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hechos de la vida
570 millions of speakers

English

facts of life
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन के तथ्यों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حقائق الحياة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

факты жизни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fatos da vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবনের ঘটনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faits de la vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fakta kehidupan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tatsachen des Lebens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人生の事実
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삶의 사실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bukti urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự kiện của cuộc sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ்க்கை உண்மைகளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवनातील तथ्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayatın gerçekleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fatti di vita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fakty z życia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

факти життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fapte de viață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεγονότα της ζωής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feite van die lewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fakta av liv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fakta om livet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of facts of life

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTS OF LIFE»

The term «facts of life» is regularly used and occupies the 67.555 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTS OF LIFE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «facts of life» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «facts of life» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about facts of life

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9 QUOTES WITH «FACTS OF LIFE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word facts of life.
1
Cleveland Amory
The facts of life are very stubborn things.
2
Aleister Crowley
Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.
3
Willie Dixon
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.
4
Arnold H. Glasow
Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
5
Sophia Loren
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
6
Rick Moody
Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.
7
Kate O'Mara
Ignorance of the facts of life gave me my beloved son, Dickon, but at what cost to both him and me, I cannot hazard a guess.
8
Henry David Thoreau
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
9
Wilhelm Wundt
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACTS OF LIFE»

Discover the use of facts of life in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to facts of life and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Boys, Girls and Body Science: A First Book about Facts of Life
"an excellent resource that will make life easier for parents struggling to find the words to explain reproduction and sex to their children." -"Quill & Quire"
Meg Hickling, 2001
2
Creation: Facts of Life: How Real Science Reveals the Hand ...
In Creation Facts of Life, Dr. Parker respectfully describes the evidences he once used to "preach" evolution - but then he explains how the "rest of the evidence" points away from evolution and toward a perfect world created by God, ruined ...
Gary Parker, 2006
3
Facts of Life: Stories
Filled with annoying siblings, difficult parents, and first loves, these stories are a masterful reminder of why adolescence is one of the most frustrating and fascinating times of life.
Gary Soto, 2008
4
The Facts of Life
The Facts Of Life is a supernatural novel. It is also a novel about family relationships. Even as the author, I honestly cannot say with any clarity whether it is more one thing than the other. Some readers take that as a sign that the author here ...
Graham Joyce, 2010
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Other Facts of Life
But it's the other facts that are worrying Ben and he decides to find his own answers. He's deadly serious – and the results are very, very funny. The story of one boy's stand for a better world and a slightly better family.
Morris Gleitzman, 1985
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The facts of life-- and more: sexuality and intimacy for ...
Blending in-depth coverage of legal and clinical issues with sensitive discussion of the emotional side of sexuality, expert contributors from diverse fields help readers deliver meaningful sexuality education; help parents provide ...
Leslie Walker-Hirsch, 2007
7
Understanding the Facts of Life
This is a good book for parents to use when explaining the facts of life to their child.
Susan Meridith, Robyn Gee, 1998
8
The Facts of Life: The Creation of Sexual Knowledge in ...
Porter and Hall then explore the various kinds of backgroundssexual, moral, religious, scientific, medical, domestic, social and cultural - without which these texts are unintelligible.
Roy Porter, 1995
9
Facts of Life: The Social Construction of Vital Statistics, ...
Emery's central argument is that scholars must recognize the social historical character of the statistics before using them as a basis for research.
George Emery, 1993
10
Mr Tompkins Learns the Facts of Life
One of the reincarnations of the Mr Tompkins series since the death of the author in 1968, in which Mr Tompkins visits a biologist.
George Gamow, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACTS OF LIFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term facts of life is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tube bullies hold London to ransom
It has to realise that patterns of work are changing and union membership can only shield the Tube workers from the facts of life for so long. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Politics Live: 10 July
"It has to realise that patterns of work are changing and union membership can only shield the Tube workers from the facts of life for so long." ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Magnetic North
By as early as the 1930s, Stalin and his accomplices seem to have come to terms with two fairly basic facts of life: The family is a real institution, and there is no ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
4
Tunisia evacuation, and budget analysis
"It has to realise that patterns of work are changing and union membership can only shield the Tube workers from the facts of life for so long.". «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
7 Books Not To Read Before Bed (Unless You Want Help Falling …
Excerpt: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
6
Movie Review: Does the world really need 'Minions'?
(And sometimes you get "The Facts of Life," but I digress.) The Minions are rarely less than enjoyable, but without Gru (Steve Carell) and his ... «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
7
How Do You Explain Pictures of Deceased Family Members to Kids
Part of growing up is coming to grips with facts of life that are less than sunny, but those facts can do as much as happier notes to help our ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
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More dialogue needed with business owners to help resolve traffic …
... and the engineer in charge of the operation to put forward the feelings of our members together with the facts of life since the scheme started. «Impartial Reporter, Jul 15»
9
Pakistan In Search Of Political Change
... democratic option for change - when facts of life warrant a change, the responsible institutions must respond to facilitate change to safeguard ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
10
BevNap Productions Presents RE-DESIGNING WOMEN, Now thru 7 …
JAMIE MORRIS is best known for his parody plays "Mommie Queerest," (LA Weekly Theater Award) "The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode," "The ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Facts of life [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/facts-of-life>. May 2024 ».
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