[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fictional.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / fictional

[← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/)

# fictional

«fictional» in Mova's school dictionary: **Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (fictional); noun fiction

### meaning for a pupil

1) Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#m2)

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x2)
- Dragons are fictional creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x3)
- We wrote a fictional diary of a Roman soldier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x4)
- The film is fictional, even though it feels real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/#x5)
- Is this a fictional story or a true one? [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fictional» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.