26984 words

fiction

3 definitions • 6 examples
1
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts:

Examples:

work of fiction The book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account.
a writer of children's fiction
2
a false report or statement that you pretend is true:

Examples:

[ + that ] At work she kept up the fiction that she had a university degree.
When he's telling you something, you never know what's fact and what's fiction.
3
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and does not describe real people or deal with facts, or a false report or statement that you pretend is true:

Examples:

[ U ] She wrote detective fiction and made a good living at it.
[ C usually sing ] It was a fiction, though widely believed, that he had once been rich.

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