confabulate

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verb

1. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
• Derivationally related forms:
confabulation
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
• Syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab, chitchat,
chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit
• Derivationally related forms:
visitor (for: visit), gossip (for: gossip), chatter (for: chatter), chatterer (for: chatter), chitchat (for: chitchat), confabulation, chat (for: chat), chit chat (for: chitchat), chit-chat (for: chitchat)
• Hypernyms:
converse, discourse
• Hyponyms:
shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. have a conference in order to talk something over
- We conferred about a plan of action
• Syn:
confer, confab, consult
• Derivationally related forms:
consultation (for: consult), confab (for: confab), confabulation, conferee (for: confer), conference (for: confer)
• Hypernyms:
hash out, discuss, talk over
• Hyponyms:
collogue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  confer, confab, consult