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# fiction

noun (fiction — uncountable)

«fiction» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stories that are made up by a writer, not true facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#m1)
2. Something that is not true: "His story about a dragon was pure fiction." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, books are sorted into fiction (made-up stories, novels, fairy tales) and non-fiction (true facts, such as encyclopaedias and biographies). Libraries shelve fiction by the author's surname. Science fiction tells stories about science and the future. Phrases: fiction book, science fiction, non-fiction, fact or fiction, historical fiction.

### Examples

- I like reading fiction about dragons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x1)
- Fiction books are in the next aisle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x2)
- Is it fact or fiction? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x3)
- Harry Potter is a work of fiction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x4)
- Science fiction stories often happen in space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x5)
- An atlas is non-fiction, not fiction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x6)
- Mr. Baring-Gould, it is well-known, has since become a distinguished writer of fiction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: "a lot of fiction", not "fictions". The adjective is "fictional" (a fictional character). Trap: fiction can be about real places and still be made up. Non-fiction = facts; fiction = invented. Be careful online: some posts look like news but are fiction.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fiction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiction/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fiction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fiction.html) on Mova free.