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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fiction \Fic"tion\, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere,
     fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.]
     1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a
        mere fiction of the mind. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially,
        a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written.
        Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; --
        opposed to fact, or reality.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When it could no longer be denied that her flight
              had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented
              to account for it.                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of
        imagination; specifically, novels and romances.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction
              and moral elevation has been recognized by most if
              not all great educators.              --Dict. of
                                                    Education.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact,
        irrespective of the question of its truth. --Wharton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing
        more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at
        points really at issue.
  
     Syn: Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood.
  
     Usage: Fiction, Fabrication. Fiction is opposed to what
            is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is
            designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct;
            a fabrication is always intended to mislead and
            deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have
            fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so
            called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fiction \Fic"tion\, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere,
     fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.]
     1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a
        mere fiction of the mind. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  
     2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially,
        a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written.
        Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; --
        opposed to fact, or reality.
  
              The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
  
              When it could no longer be denied that her flight
              had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented
              to account for it.                    --Macaulay.
  
     3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of
        imagination; specifically, novels and romances.
  
              The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction
              and moral elevation has been recognized by most if
              not all great educators.              --Dict. of
                                                    Education.
  
     4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact,
        irrespective of the question of its truth. --Wharton.
  
     5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing
        more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at
        points really at issue.
  
     Syn: Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood.
  
     Usage: Fiction, Fabrication. Fiction is opposed to what
            is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is
            designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct;
            a fabrication is always intended to mislead and
            deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have
            fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so
            called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  fiction
       n 1: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily
            on fact
       2: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication,
           fable]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 η μυθοπλασία
     2 η μυθιστοριογραφία
     3 η φαντασία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     n.
     1 (lb en literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative
  writing, instead of real fact, usually written as prose.
     2 A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events
  (often intended to mislead).
     3 (lb en legal) A legal fiction.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     n.
     1 (lb en literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative
  writing, instead of real fact, usually written as prose.
     2 A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events
  (often intended to mislead).
     3 (lb en legal) A legal fiction.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     n.
     1 (lb en literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative
  writing, instead of real fact, usually written as prose.
     2 A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events
  (often intended to mislead).
     3 (lb en legal) A legal fiction.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     n.
     1 (lb en literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative
  writing, instead of real fact, usually written as prose.
     2 A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events
  (often intended to mislead).
     3 (lb en legal) A legal fiction.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     Ranska n.
     1 kuvitelma, fiktio
     2 (yhteys kirjallisuustiede k=fi) kaunokirjallisuus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiction
     Engelska n.
     1 skönlitteratur
     2 påhitt; fiktion

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fiction /fˈɪkʃən/
  القصة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  fiction //ˈfɪk.ʃən// 
  1. изми́слица
  invention
  2. белетри́стика, худо́жествена литерату́ра
  literary type

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fiction /fˈɪkʃən/ 
  beletrie

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fiction /fˈɪkʃən/
  fikce

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  fiction /fˈɪkʃən/ 
  ffuglen