fabulate
gb/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/ us/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
C1
אנגלית
kitalál, fabulál, konfabulál
פועל
C1
LITERARY
1
תבנית שימוש:
fabulate; fabulate about [something]; fabulate [a story/tale]
In his lectures, he would fabulate new legends to illustrate philosophical ideas.
Az előadásain új legendákat talált ki, hogy szemléltesse a filozófiai gondolatokat.
The novelist fabul ates about lost kingdoms with the ease of someone remembering them.
A regényíró úgy talál ki történeteket elveszett királyságokról, mintha csak emlékezne rájuk.
She began to fabulate a backstory for the minor character to make the scene feel real.
דוגמאות ללומדים
He likes to fabulate stories.
Szeret történeteket kitalálni.
She fabul ated about life in space.
Történeteket talált ki az űrbeli életről.
טעות נפוצה:
Do not confuse with fabricate; fabulate usually emphasizes storytelling and is rarer in everyday speech.
משמעות
invent or tell stories
צירופים
fabulate a story
|fabulate a tale
|fabulate narratives
|fabulate myths
|fabulate scenes
|fabulate episodes
|fabulate about the past
|fabulate freely
|fabulate imaginatively
|fabulate events
מילים נרדפות
invent (More general; not specifically about telling a story.)
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fictionalize (Emphasizes turning real events into fiction.)
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spin (More informal; suggests shaping a story for effect.)
הפכים
recount (To tell what actually happened rather than inventing.)
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report (To give factual information, especially in journalism.)
נושאים
literature
|storytelling
|writing
|media
הגדרה
To make up a story and tell it.
To invent, develop, or tell a story, especially in an imaginative or fictional way.
פועל
C2
FORMAL
2
konfabulál
C2
kitalál
B2
תבנית שימוש:
fabulate; fabulate about [events/details]
When pressed for specifics, he started to fabulate details that didn’t match the records.
Amikor konkrétumokat kértek tőle, olyan részleteket kezdett kitalálni, amelyek nem egyeztek a nyilvántartásokkal.
Under stress, some people may fabulate explanations for events they cannot recall clearly.
Stressz hatására egyesek magyarázatokat találhatnak ki olyan eseményekre, amelyekre nem emlékeznek tisztán.
The witness seemed to fabulate parts of the timeline to make the story coherent.
דוגמאות ללומדים
He fabul ated details because he forgot the truth.
Részleteket talált ki, mert elfelejtette, mi történt valójában.
טעות נפוצה:
This sense overlaps with confabulate; in medical contexts, confabulate is more common.
משמעות
make up false details
צירופים
fabulate details
|fabulate explanations
|fabulate memories
|fabulate an account
|fabulate an excuse
|tend to fabulate
|fabulate unconsciously
|fabulate convincingly
מילים נרדפות
confabulate (More standard in clinical psychology for filling memory gaps.)
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fabricate (Often implies deliberate invention rather than memory-based invention.)
הפכים
remember (To recall accurately instead of inventing.)
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verify (To check facts rather than making them up.)
נושאים
psychology
|communication
הגדרה
To say things that are not true, often because you do not remember clearly.
To produce invented or untrue details, especially to fill gaps in memory or to explain something.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
fabulate
IPA
GB/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
US/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
הברות והטעמה
fab - u - late (3 הברות)
Stress on 1st syllable (fab)
צורות המילה
Verb
- Base: fabulate
- 3rd Person Singular: fabulates
- Present Participle: fabulating
- Past: fabulated
- Past Participle: fabulated
משפחת מילים
Forms
fabulates
verb
fabulating
verb
fabulated
verb
Core family
fabulation
noun C1
fable
noun B1
Related words
fabulous
adjective B1
fabulously
adverb C1
Advanced or less common
fabulist
noun
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