confab

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an informal conversation
  2. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
  3. verb have a conference in order to talk something over

Etymology

Clipping of confabulation, from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); see further at etymology 2.

In classic literature

Synonyms

chat, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose

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