Fiction

  • 21Fiction — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fiction (homonymie). Une fiction est une histoire fondée sur des faits imaginaires plutôt que sur des faits réels. Les personnages qui y sont décrits sont dits « personnages fictifs »[1]. Une œuvre de… …

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  • 22fiction — (fi ksion ; en vers, de trois syllabes) s. f. 1°   Invention de choses fictives. •   Elle y perdait [dans la lecture de l histoire] insensiblement le goût des romans et de leurs fades héros ; et, soigneuse de se former sur le vrai, elle méprisait …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 23fiction — 01. This story is [fiction]. It sounds real, but it is purely from the writer s imagination. 02. She writes science [fiction] novels which are very popular worldwide. 03. His brilliant historical [fiction] has made the past come alive for… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 24FICTION — s. f. Invention fabuleuse. Fiction poétique. Ce poëme est rempli de belles fictions. Il y a des fictions qui touchent plus que la vérité. La fiction est quelquefois plus agréable que la vérité même.   Il se prend quelquefois pour Mensonge,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 25fiction — noun 1 stories that are not true ADJECTIVE ▪ contemporary, modern ▪ classic ▪ popular, pulp ▪ literary, serious …

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  • 26fiction — fictional, adj. fictionally, adv. /fik sheuhn/, n. 1. the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form. 2. works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction. 3. something feigned, invented, or …

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  • 27fiction — [[t]fɪ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] fictions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events. → See also science fiction Immigrant tales have always been popular… …

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  • 28fiction */*/ — UK [ˈfɪkʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms fiction : singular fiction plural fictions 1) [uncountable] books and stories about imaginary events and people. Books that give facts about real events, things, or people are called non fiction Hardy wrote… …

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  • 29fiction — fic|tion [ fıkʃən ] noun ** 1. ) uncount books and stories about imaginary events and people. Books that give facts about real events, things, or people are called non fiction: Hardy wrote poetry as well as fiction.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30fiction — n. 1) pure fiction (her story was pure fiction) 2) science fiction * * * [ fɪkʃ(ə)n] science fiction pure fiction (her story was pure fiction) …

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