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.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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 company, along with Samsung, is involved in a massive public-private investment of 800 trillion won to build a new semiconductor fabrication hub in southwest South Korea.
From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026
“Once you have that thing up and running, you need it to be loaded,” Shih said, given the high fixed costs of building a fabrication plant and fitting it with chip-making equipment.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026
Expect to see shipyards and fabrication sites throughout the UK making bits of the new CCV motherships and drone vessels.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Leading-edge fabrication plants in Asia are built in half the time it takes in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
"It was just a rumor. She's fine. I overheard Du Barry talking to Madam Alieas at the Fire Teahouse. She said it was pure fabrication."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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