fiction
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪkʃən/
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ficción
- Beginning writers of historical fiction often wonder how much can be invented.
- science fiction
- write fiction
- literary fiction
Or whatever you're working on in fiction now because it's new.
- Or whatever you're working on in fiction now because it's new.
- We must achieve neither mere history nor mere fiction, but myth.
- And and I like science fiction fantasy, but I also read.
- They are more like historical fiction writers than historians.
- That's why fiction has deep truth to it, right?
- Most popular form of fiction in the world.
- There are so many excellent fiction books as well.
- And I thought that that was a good topic for fiction.
- You can start with simpler books, you know, like fiction.
- And so the more the better in fiction.
- It's usually easier to connect people with fantasy, with fiction.
- And I thought that was a very bad science fiction thing.
- This favorite fuel of science fiction, it is real.
Examples
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Most popular form of fiction in the world.
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Julia Glass won the 2002 National Book Award for fiction for Three Junes.
Academic text (2011) -
Fantastic series of short fiction books that are amazing.
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There are so many excellent fiction books as well.
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It's located in the fiction section of the library.
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Now, we're going to study four American contemporary writers of fiction.
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You've written a remarkable work of fiction.
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Grand Opening was chosen Best Fiction of 1987 by the Society of Midland Authors.
Fiction book (1991) -
But that's detective fiction.
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The library has a vast collection of classic fiction that transports readers to different worlds.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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2.7
Stories about made-up science and technology, often set in the future or outer space
- Literature
A story that teaches religious or moral lessons instead of showing real life
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
fiction = fict + ion
The stem 'fict' is a Latin combining form that is not a standalone modern English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning of 'fiction' from its parts.
Etymology
The word fiction comes from the Latin root fingere, which means 'to shape' or 'to make', so you can think of a writer as someone who 'shapes' stories and characters. That's why fiction is writing that is 'made up' about imaginary people and events.