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fabricate

[fab-ri-keyt]

verb (used with object)

fabricated, fabricating 
  1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct.

    The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.

  2. to make by assembling parts or sections.

  3. to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).

  4. to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).



fabricate

/ ˈæɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make, build, or construct

  2. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)

  3. to fake or forge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • fabricative adjective
  • fabricator noun
  • ˈڲˌٴǰ noun
  • ˈڲپ adjective
  • ˌڲˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ڲٳܲ “made,” past participle of ڲ; fabric, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

C15: from Latin ڲ to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric
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Example Sentences

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The email contains a section entitled "inaccurate news reporting", having earlier in the week heavily criticised media organisations for "fabricated and exaggerated narratives".

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Prosecutors said Goran Vasic, the acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, had admitted to fabricating an expert opinion which had been used to justify the change of status.

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His campaign elevated unfounded beliefs about gang and cartel activity in the country and raised the profile of an entirely fabricated claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating local pets.

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A US government report on children's health cited "totally fabricated" studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said.

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The counterclaim cites “allegations Plaintiffs have recently fabricated in support of their extortionate scheme” and comments the accusers’ lawyers allegedly made during a May 6 press conference.

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