an informal private discussion or conversation 私人談話；閒談 We called a family confab. 我們召集了一次家庭會議。
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a meeting or conference of the members of a profession or group （行業或團體）會議 the annual movie confab in Cannes 在戛納舉行的電影年會
Word Originearly 18th cent.: abbreviation of confabulation, from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable’).