Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "fiction" wani nau'in adabi ne wanda ya ƙunshi ayyukan ƙididdiga na ƙididdiga, ciki har da litattafai, gajerun labarai, da novels. Fiction yawanci ya ƙunshi ƙirƙirar labari ko duniyar da ba ta dogara akan gaskiya ko abubuwan da suka faru na gaskiya ba, a'a, samfuri ne na tunanin marubucin. Ayyukan almara sukan bincika jigogi da ra'ayoyin da suka dace da ƙwarewar ɗan adam, kuma suna iya zama masu nishadantarwa, tada hankali, ko duka biyun. Kalmar “fiction” kuma tana iya nufin wani abu marar gaskiya ko ƙirƙira, kamar yadda a cikin jumlar “aiki na almara.”