novel

1 عمومی:: جدید، كتاب‌ داستان‌، نو، رمان‌، بدیع‌

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1 general::   noun ADJ. hardback, paperback | first a prize for the best first novel of the year | latest, new | literary | best-selling, popular | acclaimed his critically acclaimed novel | famous | classic | contemporary, modern | nineteenth-century, Victorian | adult, children's | autobiographical | epistolary Samuel Richardson's novels are all epistolary in form. | adventure, comic, crime, detective, historical, satirical, spy, realist, romantic QUANT. copy I took a copy of a Graham Greene novel on the train with me. VERB + NOVEL produce, write | publish | read | accept (for publication), reject (for publication) Her first novel was finally accepted for publication. | translate | adapt adapting the novel for television | review NOVEL + VERB be based on sth The novel was based on a true life story. | be set, take place The novel was set in a small village in France. PREP. ~ about a novel about growing up,   adj. VERBS be, sound The scheme sounded rather novel. ADV. extremely, very | completely, entirely, quite, totally, wholly | rather, relatively | essentially

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun story: She wrote a mystery novel., adj. original: That is a novel approach.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: types of book novel noun [ countable ] a book about imaginary people and events: • The film is based on Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel. • a historical novel fiction noun [ uncountable ] books that describe imaginary people and events: • She reads a lot of romantic fiction. literature noun [ uncountable ] novels and plays that are considered to be important works of art: • I’m studying American literature at university. non-fiction noun [ uncountable ] books that describe real people and events: • Men tend to prefer non-fiction. science fiction noun [ uncountable ] books about imaginary events in the future or space travel reference book noun [ countable ] a book such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, which you look at to find information textbook noun [ countable ] a book about a particular subject that you use in a classroom set book set book British English , course book British English noun [ countable ] a book that you have to study as part of your course guidebook noun [ countable ] a book telling visitors about a city or country picture book noun [ countable ] a book for children with many pictures in it hardcover/hardback noun [ countable ] a book that has a hard stiff cover paperback noun [ countable ] a book that has a paper cover biography noun [ countable ] a book about a real person’s life, written by another person autobiography noun [ countable ] a book that someone has written about their own life recipe book/cookery book recipe book/cookery book British English ( also cookbook American English ) noun [ countable ] a book that tells you how to cook different meals

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