Meaning of fiction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Narrative, fiction.
2. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose
3. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
   countable, uncountable
4. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead)
5. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
   countable, uncountable
6. A legal fiction
7. A legal fiction.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I am a great reader of fiction.”

“the fiction section of the library”

“The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.”

“The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.”

“separate the fact from the fiction”

“[…] in view of the facts—and some fictions—recently circulated in this country about the general performance of high-powered diesel-hydraulics of B.R., […].”

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