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# confab

noun (confabs); verb (confab, confabs, confabbed, confabbing)

«confab» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(informal) A friendly, often private, talk or chat between people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a sly fox asks a rabbit for a quiet talk

### Examples

- Let's have a quick confab about the plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/#x1)
- The two friends had a long confab behind the shed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/#x2)
- Brer Fox wanted a confab with Brer Rabbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confab.html) on Mova free.