fabricate (redirected from fabricating)

fab·ri·cate  (fbr-kt)

tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates

1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.

3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.

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[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricr, fabrict-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]

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fabri·cation n.

fabri·cator n.

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fabricate

Verb

[-cating, -cated]

1. to invent a story or lie: fabricated reports about the opposition

2. to make or build [Latin fabrica workshop]

fabrication n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fabricate - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" manufacture, construct mass-produce - produce on a large scale make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
	2.	fabricate - make up something artificial or untrue cook up, invent, manufacture, make up dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons" confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory trump up, concoct - invent; "trump up charges" spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn" vamp, vamp up - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"

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fabricate

verb 1. make up, invent, concoct, falsify, form, coin, devise, forge, fake, feign, trump up

verb 2. manufacture, make, build, form, fashion, shape, frame, construct, assemble, erect

Translations

fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt → fabricar;

(fig) → inventar

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fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt → fabriquer, inventer

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fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt → herstellen;

(story) → erfinden;

(evidence) → fälschen

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fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt → fabbricare