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# confab

«confab» in Mova's school dictionary: **A friendly, often private, talk or chat between people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «confab» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confab/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.