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# fictional

adjective (fictional); noun fiction

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

## Everyday

1. Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#m1)
2. To do with fiction, stories that are imagined rather than true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, pupils sort books into fiction (made-up stories) and non-fiction (facts). Harry Potter and Paddington Bear are fictional characters. In reading tests you may be asked whether a text is fictional or factual. In media lessons, fictional TV shows are not the news.

### Examples

- Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x1)
- The village in the book is fictional, but it is based on a real place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x2)
- Dragons are fictional creatures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x3)
- We wrote a fictional diary of a Roman soldier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x4)
- The film is fictional, even though it feels real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x5)
- Is this a fictional story or a true one? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: «real», «factual», «non-fiction». Do not confuse «fictional» with «fictitious» (made up in order to trick, like a fictitious name) — though they are close.

## On Mova

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