fabricate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make by art or skill and labor; construct.
The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
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to make by assembling parts or sections.
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to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
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to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).
verb
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to make, build, or construct
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to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
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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
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They were convicted on espionage charges their families have always condemned as fabricated.
From Barron's
The structures are fabricated using two-photon polymerization lithography with commercial 3D printing systems.
From Science Daily
The ISM PMI tracks apparel, wood products, chemicals, plastics, fabricated metals, and primary metals, among others.
From Barron's
Friedman said “it looked very realistic” until a colleague tried searching for the studies only to discover they were completely fabricated.
It warned of "the spread on the internet and social networks of offers for sale of photographs, AI-assisted montages, and all kinds of media" reproducing her image, including "in fabricated situations".
From BBC
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