انگریزی

fabulate

gb/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/ us/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
C1 انگریزی
معانی
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فعل literary C1 action
1

invent or tell stories

To make up a story and tell it.

استعمال کا انداز: fabulate; fabulate about [something]; fabulate [a story/tale]
عام غلطی:
Do not confuse with fabricate; fabulate usually emphasizes storytelling and is rarer in everyday speech.
ہم معنی الفاظ
invent (More general; not specifically about telling a story.) | fictionalize (Emphasizes turning real events into fiction.) | spin (More informal; suggests shaping a story for effect.)
متضاد الفاظ
recount (To tell what actually happened rather than inventing.) | report (To give factual information, especially in journalism.)
لفظی تراکیب
fabulate a story |fabulate a tale |fabulate narratives |fabulate myths |fabulate scenes |fabulate episodes |fabulate about the past |fabulate freely |fabulate imaginatively |fabulate events
موضوعات
literature |storytelling |writing |media
مثالیں
  • 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • He likes to fabulate stories.
  • She fabul ated about life in space.
فعل formal C2 action
2

make up false details

To say things that are not true, often because you do not remember clearly.

استعمال کا انداز: fabulate; fabulate about [events/details]
عام غلطی:
This sense overlaps with confabulate; in medical contexts, confabulate is more common.
ہم معنی الفاظ
confabulate (More standard in clinical psychology for filling memory gaps.) | fabricate (Often implies deliberate invention rather than memory-based invention.)
متضاد الفاظ
remember (To recall accurately instead of inventing.) | verify (To check facts rather than making them up.)
لفظی تراکیب
fabulate details |fabulate explanations |fabulate memories |fabulate an account |fabulate an excuse |tend to fabulate |fabulate unconsciously |fabulate convincingly
موضوعات
psychology |communication
مثالیں
  • 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • He fabul ated details because he forgot the truth.
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fabulate
IPA
GB/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
US/fˈæbjəlˌeɪt/
ہجا بندی اور زور
fab - u - late (3 ہجے)
Stress on 1st syllable (fab)
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Verb
  • Base: fabulate
  • 3rd Person Singular: fabulates
  • Present Participle: fabulating
  • Past: fabulated
  • Past Participle: fabulated
متعلقہ الفاظ
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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