what does confabulate mean?
CONFABULATE as VERB
- Meaning
- have a conference in order to talk something over
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- We conferred about a plan of action
Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
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Usage Example(s)
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one’’s memory
Hypernyms(s) confabulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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