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# fictitious

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

### part of speech

adjective (fictitious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Invented or made up; not real or true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#m1)

2) Used as a false name or detail to trick people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons it describes made-up characters and places in stories. In safety and law it describes fake names or false details used to cheat. Phrases: fictitious character, fictitious name, entirely fictitious.

### examples

- Sherlock Holmes is a fictitious detective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x1)
- The story takes place in a fictitious town by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x2)
- The thief gave a fictitious name to the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x3)
- All the characters in this book are fictitious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x4)
- The scammer used a fictitious address. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x5)
- Her excuse about the dog eating her homework was fictitious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fictitious/#x6)

### note

Related: fiction (stories that are made up), fictional (in a story). «Fictional» usually means part of a story; «fictitious» often hints at a lie. Spelling: -titious, with two i's after the first t.

### Trees and pragmatics

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