"work of fiction" meaning in All languages combined

See work of fiction on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: works of fiction [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|works of fiction}} work of fiction (plural works of fiction)
  1. A fictional account; a story.
    Sense id: en-work_of_fiction-en-noun-uPBNZ73I
  2. A fictitious account; an account of events that never took place. Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-work_of_fiction-en-noun-VmHA9DlA Disambiguation of Fiction: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95

Inflected forms

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