HyperDic: fiction

English > 2 senses of the word fiction:
NOUNcommunicationfictiona literary work based on the imagination / imagination and not necessarily on fact
communicationfiction, fabrication, fablea deliberately false / false or improbable account
fiction > pronunciation
Soundsfih'kshahn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
English > fiction: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningA literary work based on the imagination / imagination and not necessarily on fact.
NarrowerdystopiaA work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
fantasy, phantasyfiction with a large / large / large amount of imagination / imagination in it
novelAn extended fictional work in prose
storyA piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
utopiaA work of fiction describing a utopia
Broaderliterary composition, literary workimaginative or creative writing
Spanishficción
Catalanficció
Adjectivesfictionalrelated to or involving literary fiction
fictitiousformed or conceived by the imagination
Verbsfictionalizemake into fiction
English > fiction: 2 senses > noun 2, communication
MeaningA deliberately false / false or improbable account.
Synonymsfabrication, fable
NarrowercanardA deliberately misleading fabrication
Broaderfalsehood, falsity, untruthA false statement
Spanishelucubración, fábula, ficción, invención
Catalanfaula, ficció, invenció
Adjectivesfictionalformed or conceived by the imagination
fictitiousadopted in order to deceive / deceive
Verbsfictionalizemake into fiction

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