fiction

noun/ˈfɪkʃən/CEFR B1

কথাসাহিত্য, কল্পকাহিনি

Meaning

Writing about imagined people and events, or something untrue.

Example sentences

She reads mostly fiction.তিনি বেশিরভাগ কথাসাহিত্য পড়েন।
The story turned out to be fiction.গল্পটি শেষমেশ বানানো প্রমাণিত হলো।

A common mistake

I have read three fictions this year.→I have read three novels this year.

Fiction is uncountable — it names the whole kind of writing. A single book is a novel or a short story.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: novel

Similar words, and what each means

novel
উপন্যাস
A long written story about imaginary people and events.

Opposite words

fact
তথ্য, বাস্তব সত্য
Something that is true and can be proven.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

fictionaladjectiveকাল্পনিক, কথাসাহিত্যের

“fiction” elsewhere on EnglishBD

There is almost nothing in English fiction, science, biography or general knowledge, and there is no current newspaper or magazine.
Application for More Books in the School Library →
Science fiction is her favourite genre.
genre — dictionary →
The word belongs to poetry, song and romantic fiction. In ordinary speech it sounds either archaic or arch — say her hair.
tresses — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

“fiction” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • কর্দমশিলা, শেল
- • কলব্যাক (ফিরতি ফোন)
- • কথাসাহিত্য, কল্পকাহিনি
- • ঝোপ বা ঘাস ছাঁটার বড় কাঁচি
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কথাসাহিত্য, কল্পকাহিনি — fiction (noun) — কথাসাহিত্য, কল্পকাহিনি. Writing about imagined people and events, or something untrue.
Which word is closest in meaning to “fiction”?
- • deposition
- • novel
- • minutes
- • finch
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novel — novel — উপন্যাস. A long written story about imaginary people and events.

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