fable
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈfeɪbəl/
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invención
- I say, you don't believe in the sea serpent fable, do you?
A space of dream, a space of terror, a space of symbolic fable.
- A space of dream, a space of terror, a space of symbolic fable.
- You know, that's, that's a bit of a historical fable, but he was definitely imperialistic.
- And I, again, I, I, I'm, I'm not the kind of guy that will believe in the fables and the legends.
Examples
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The teacher told a famous fable about a tortoise and a hare to illustrate the value of persistence.
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And because of you do talk about how we are systematically mislabeled by the fables that present love as magic.
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But the fable is also an account of the relationship between modern science and miracles.
Academic text (2003) -
It's like, a "be careful what you wish for" thing, like a myth or a fable.
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Everything is a fable until proven true.
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That's a nice little fable you got goin' on in your head.
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A fable went the rounds that the stare of the dead people drove him thence.
Fiction book (2002) -
Maybe most of our history is made of fables fabricated by those glorious victors
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Science strives to overthrow old fables, legends, tales, and creeds by trials, tests, and experiments.
Academic text (1997) -
Many ancient cultures have fables that explain natural phenomena through mythical stories.
Synonyms
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7.5
A lie told to avoid trouble
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3.8
A false idea that many people believe
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2.0
A made-up story or statement that is not true
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5.1
A false story someone tells, often small and harmless
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6.5
A false story made to trick people
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4.3
A story many people believe that is probably not true, often about scary or strange events
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7.2
A long story that is probably not true
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4.0
A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny
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3.4
A made-up story told to hide the truth or deceive people
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5.5
A made up story told to hide the truth
A false story made to hide the truth
A made-up story told in a big, exciting way to amuse people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Fable comes from the Latin word fabula, meaning 'story', and the verb fari, 'to speak'. Because such tales could be made up, fable also came to mean a deliberately false or invented story.