fabricate
Americanverb (used with object)
-
to make by art or skill and labor; construct.
The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
-
to make by assembling parts or sections.
-
to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
-
to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).
verb
-
to make, build, or construct
-
to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
-
to fake or forge
Related Words
See manufacture.
Other Word Forms
- fabrication noun
- fabricative adjective
- fabricator noun
Etymology
Origin of fabricate
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin fabricātus “made,” past participle of fabricāre; fabric, -ate 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
NewsGuard’s Reality Check newsletter cited six provably false claims about the shooting within a day, including four that used AI to fabricate or distort the facts.
From Salon
This can save companies billions of dollars and decades spent researching, testing and fabricating innovative drugs.
From Science Daily
"We squished it flat, like a pancake," Zhao said, "and suddenly we had a low-cost, high-performing design that was much easier to fabricate."
From Science Daily
People who fabricate research or deceive the public deserve scrutiny.
The company has faced allegations of fraud from short sellers who accuse it of misrepresenting its products and fabricating revenue, claims the company hasn’t addressed publicly to date.
From Barron's
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
