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English verb: confabulate | |||
| 1. | confabulate (creation) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 2. | confabulate (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
| Synonyms | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||
| 3. | confabulate (communication) have a conference in order to talk something over | ||
| Samples | We conferred about a plan of action. | ||
| Synonyms | confab, confer, consult | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discuss, hash out, talk over | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collogue | ||
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