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fiction

US /ˈfɪkʃən/

noun Target · B2 Giải trí & truyền thông

Definition

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

She prefers reading fiction on the train instead of business magazines.

Word Family

NounNoun
fiction gốc fictionalization
VerbVerb
fictionalize
AdjectiveAdj
fictional fictitious
AdverbAdv
fictitiously

Synonyms

  • novelan extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
  • fantasyimagination unrestricted by reality
  • storya message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

Collocations

  • Easy science fiction novel
    describing science fiction novel (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
  • Medium non fiction business book
    describing non fiction business book (negation of a word or group of words)
  • Hard separate fact from fiction
    to separate fact from fiction, meaning to act as a barrier between; stand between
  • Very Hard legal fiction convenient for liability limits
    describing legal fiction convenient for liability limits (established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules)

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