(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a long written story about imaginary people and events.
...a ~ by Herman Hesse...
...historical ~s set in the time of the Pharaohs.
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2.
Novel things are new and different from anything that has been done, experienced, or made before.
Protesters found a ~ way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices...
The very idea of a sixth form college was ~ in 1962.
ADJ