fiction

CEFRB1

/ˈfɪkʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Stories about imaginary people and events.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A legal fiction.

Examples

  • Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.

  • Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɪkʃən] ~ [ˈfɪkʃn̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

  2. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

More examples

In context

  • She prefers reading historical fiction rather than science fiction.

  • I am a great reader of fiction.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin fictiō (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fingō (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”). Displaced native Old English lēasspell (literally “false story”); see feign, feint, figment.