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Uncommonfable
The correct spelling is fable.
How to pronounce fable
/ˈfeɪbəl/
nounIPA: /ˈfeɪbəl/
Say it like: Fab-le
The correct spelling is fable. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- 2.Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- 3.Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- 4.The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
verb
- 1.To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
- 2.To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
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