fabrication
Americannoun
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the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
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something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement.
His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.
Synonym Usage
See fiction.
Etymology
Origin of fabrication
First recorded in 1475–1500; from Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō ). See fabricate, -ion
Explanation
A fabrication is something made up, like a lie. Telling your boss that the subway broke down when in fact you just forgot to set your alarm is a fabrication. The word fabrication was originally used to talk about manufacturing or construction, and it referred to the act of assembling something. Tires and steering wheels are necessary materials for automobile fabrication. Nowadays, the word fabrication is usually used to refer to the act of coming up with a story out of thin air. In this sense, a book of fiction is a fabrication, as is the lie you tell your girlfriend to explain why you forgot her birthday (again).
Vocabulary lists containing fabrication
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Example Sentences
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The BBC travelled to Hsinchu Science Park, a dense cluster of fabrication plants or "fabs" north of the capital Taipei, for TSMC's annual shareholder meeting and for a rare interview with Huang.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
That’s because entering the market would require creating a new fabrication facility that could take two to three years to build, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
In March, it started pre-licensing talks with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its first domestic reactor and fuel fabrication facility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Still, if Intel’s semiconductor fabrication division, which now loses money, were as profitable as TSMC’s, it would be worth roughly $1.2 trillion when all of Intel’s fab capacity is up and running.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
“The man you know as Serakeen—the bloodthirsty warlord, the Scourge of the East—is a fabrication, a useful myth we’ve concocted. But I’m afraid he doesn’t exist.”
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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