nonfiction
Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and eventsWritten works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
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» Do you prefer reading fiction or nonfiction?
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Examples
7 sentencesDo you prefer reading fiction or nonfiction?
I don't read nonfiction.
Tom doesn't often read nonfiction.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.
Sachliteratur
документа́льная литерату́раdokumentálʹnaja literatúra
- prose writing that is not fictional
Forms
plural: nonfictionsSynonyms
1 synonyms- prose writing that is not fictional:nonfictional prose
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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