work of fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofworkandfiction

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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofworkandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwork of fiction

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If a religion is not truth-oriented, then it is like aworkoffictionin that respect.
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It is not aworkoffiction, of course, but it is also not completely a work of fact.
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Some incidents involving forensic discourse analysis are so incredible that, were they found in aworkoffiction, they would not be believed.
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It is aworkoffiction.
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If it had been aworkoffiction, we should have thought it bizarre.
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Who is to judge what is a genuineworkoffiction?
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I only wanted to ask whether they were to be read as a serious contribution to history or as aworkoffiction.
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The fact is that the manifesto was not a menu at all; it was aworkoffiction.
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Does he also accept that much of the policy was aworkoffiction?
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It is impossible to conceive the writing of aworkoffictionwithout the mention of anybody's name.
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Then we have thatworkoffiction: the publication of the public service agreements.
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It may not sound very imaginative, but this was not aworkoffiction, though parts of it read like a horror story.
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We are not reading aworkoffiction.
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One is a work of reference and the other is aworkoffiction.
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The first concerns his assertion that the programme was aworkoffiction.
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In the real world, this would be seen as aworkoffiction, not a serious proposition.
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In fact, had it not happened, it could easily have been dismissed as aworkoffiction.
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According to that definition, the report is not some dry-as-dust parliamentary document but aworkoffiction.
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It would apply to history, which very often is aworkoffictionwithout purporting to be such.
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The book in question is aworkoffiction, and is not such as to require any action on my part.
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