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confabulate

/kənˈfæbjuleɪt/verb

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गपशप करना, अनौपचारिक बातचीत करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [I] formal

    to have a casual and friendly chat

    गपशप करना, अनौपचारिक बातचीत करना

    • The old friends sat on the veranda and confabulated for hours.
    • Neighbours confabulated over the garden wall.
    • Radhika enjoyed confabulating with her grandmother after dinner.

    Synonyms chat gossip converse

  2. 2

    [I/T] medical

    to fill gaps in memory with invented details without meaning to lie

    (चिकित्सा) स्मृति की कमी को अनजाने में गढ़ी हुई बातों से भरना

    • Patients with some memory disorders confabulate to explain what they cannot recall.
    • He confabulated a story about the missing day.
◇Word family
confabulation noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

chat gossip converse

AaSpelling

con·fab·u·late

§Grammar and usage

Usage: confab is an informal short form of the noun confabulation.

Usage: confab, noun confabulation का अनौपचारिक संक्षिप्त रूप है।