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[Noun] | "tale" | \ ˈtāl \

1: a usually imaginative narrative of an event : story

2: an intentionally untrue report : falsehood

3: a series of events or facts told or presented : account

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk;

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[Noun] | "fairy tale"

1: a story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (such as fairies, wizards, and goblins) —called also fairy story

2: a story in which improbable events lead to a happy ending

3: a made-up story usually designed to mislead

Origin: 1635 ;

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[Noun] | "old wives' tale"

1: an often traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstition

Origin: 1572 ;

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[Idiom] | "dead men tell no tales"

1: —used to say that someone who has been killed cannot reveal secret information

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[Noun] | "tales"

1: a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature;

* e.g., " ... don't believe the tales you hear about our neighbor's kid "

Synonyms :
canards,
stories,
whispers

Antonyms :
truths

2: a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally;

* e.g., " ... asked Dad to tell once again the tale of how, as a kid, he broke his arm jumping out of a tree "

Synonyms :
anecdotes,
stories,
yarns

Antonyms :
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3: a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive;

* e.g., " ... told tall tales in an attempt to impress me with her supposedly upper-crust background "

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[Noun] | "tale"

1: a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature;

* e.g., " ... don't believe the tales you hear about our neighbor's kid "

Synonyms :
canard,
story,
whisper

Antonyms :
truth

2: a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally;

* e.g., " ... asked Dad to tell once again the tale of how, as a kid, he broke his arm jumping out of a tree "

Synonyms :
anecdote,
story,
yarn

Antonyms :
(N/A)

3: a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive;

* e.g., " ... told tall tales in an attempt to impress me with her supposedly upper-crust background "

Antonyms :
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[Noun] | "fairy tales"

1: a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive;

* e.g., " ... did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales? "

Antonyms :
truths

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[Noun] | "old wives' tales"

1: a false idea or belief;

* e.g., " ... the belief that going outside with wet hair will cause you to catch cold is just an old wives' tale "

Antonyms :
truths,
verities

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[Noun] | "fairy tale"

1: a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive;

* e.g., " ... did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales? "

Antonyms :
truth

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