fabulate
gb/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/ us/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
C1
영어
의미
의미 0개
동사
literary
C1
action
1
invent or tell stories
To make up a story and tell it.
사용 패턴：
fabulate; fabulate about [something]; fabulate [a story/tale]
자주 하는 실수：
Do not confuse with fabricate; fabulate usually emphasizes storytelling and is rarer in everyday speech.
유의어
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.)
반의어
recount (To tell what actually happened rather than inventing.)
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report (To give factual information, especially in journalism.)
연어
fabulate a story
|fabulate a tale
|fabulate narratives
|fabulate myths
|fabulate scenes
|fabulate episodes
|fabulate about the past
|fabulate freely
|fabulate imaginatively
|fabulate events
주제
literature
|storytelling
|writing
|media
예문
- In his lectures, he would fabulate new legends to illustrate philosophical ideas.
- The novelist fabul ates about lost kingdoms with the ease of someone remembering them.
- She began to fabulate a backstory for the minor character to make the scene feel real.
학습자용 예문
- He likes to fabulate stories.
- She fabul ated about life in space.
동사
formal
C2
action
2
make up false details
To say things that are not true, often because you do not remember clearly.
사용 패턴：
fabulate; fabulate about [events/details]
자주 하는 실수：
This sense overlaps with confabulate; in medical contexts, confabulate is more common.
유의어
confabulate (More standard in clinical psychology for filling memory gaps.)
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fabricate (Often implies deliberate invention rather than memory-based invention.)
반의어
remember (To recall accurately instead of inventing.)
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verify (To check facts rather than making them up.)
연어
fabulate details
|fabulate explanations
|fabulate memories
|fabulate an account
|fabulate an excuse
|tend to fabulate
|fabulate unconsciously
|fabulate convincingly
주제
psychology
|communication
예문
- When pressed for specifics, he started to fabulate details that didn’t match the records.
- Under stress, some people may fabulate explanations for events they cannot recall clearly.
- The witness seemed to fabulate parts of the timeline to make the story coherent.
학습자용 예문
- He fabul ated details because he forgot the truth.
문법
기본형
fabulate
IPA
GB/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
US/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
음절 및 강세
fab - u - late （3음절）
Stress on 1st syllable (fab)
활용형
Verb
- Base: fabulate
- 3rd Person Singular: fabulates
- Present Participle: fabulating
- Past: fabulated
- Past Participle: fabulated
관련 단어
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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