fabricate

fab·ri·cate

 (făb′rĭ-kāt′)

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 a convincing excuse.

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

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fab′ri·ca′tion n.

fab′ri·ca′tion·al adj.

fab′ri·ca′tor n.

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fabricate

(ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt)

vb (tr)

1. to make, build, or construct

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

3. to fake or forge

[C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric]

ˌfabriˈcation n

ˈfabricative adj

ˈfabriˌcator n

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fab•ri•cate

(ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt)

v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.

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

2. to make by assembling parts or sections.

3. to devise; invent: to fabricate an alibi.

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

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin fabricātus, past participle of fabricāre to fashion. See fabric]

fab′ri•ca`tive, adj.

fab′ri•ca`tor, n.

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fabricate

Past participle: fabricated
Gerund: fabricating

Imperative

fabricate

fabricate

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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 All four claim that officers fabricated evidence against them.

2. manufacture, make, build, form, fashion, shape, frame, construct, assemble, erect All the tools are fabricated from high quality steel.

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fabricate

verb

1. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:

concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up.

Informal: cook up.

Idiom: come up with.

2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials:

assemble, build, construct, fashion, forge, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape.

3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:

doctor, fake, falsify, fictionalize, fictionize.

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Translations

يُلَفِّق قِصَّه

vymyslit si

fabrikereopdigte

erfindenerzeugenfabrizierenherstellenanfertigen

fabriquerinventer

gyártkiagyalösszeszerel

búa til

inventare

išgalvojimassufabrikavimassufabrikuoti

izdomātsafabricēt

изготовлять

uydurmak

捏造

fabricate

[ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] VT

1. (= manufacture) [+ goods etc] → fabricar

2. (fig) → inventar; [+ document, evidence] → falsificar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fabricate

[ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt

(= invent) [+ evidence] → fabriquer, fabriquer de toutes pièces; [+ story] → inventer

(= manufacture) → fabriquer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fabricate

vt

(= invent) story → erfinden, ersinnen (geh); quotation → erfinden; evidence, confession → fälschen

(= manufacture) → herstellen, fabrizieren

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fabricate

[ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt → fabbricare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fabricate

(ˈfӕbrikeit) verb

to make up something that is not true (a story, accusation etc). to fabricate an excuse. uitdink, versin, uit die duim suig يُلَفِّق قِصَّه измислям fabricar vymyslit si erfinden opdigte; fabrikere κατασκευάζωinventar sepitsema دروغ بافتن keksiä inventer לְ”פַבּרֵק” गढ़ लेना, कल्पना करना, झूठी कहानी बनाना izmišljati (laži, krive optužbe) kitalál mereka-reka búa til fabbricare でっちあげる 조작하다 išgalvoti, sufabrikuoti safabricēt; izdomāt mereka-reka verzinnendikte opp, finne på, forfalske sfabrykować ځانه جوړول fabricar a inventa, a născoci выдумывать vymyslieť si izmisliti si izmisliti fabricera, ljuga (dikta) ihop สร้างข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurmak 捏造 вигадувати, видумувати جھوٹی کہانی گڑھنا bịa đặt 捏造

ˌfabriˈcation noun

1. a lie. Your account of the accident was a complete fabrication. versinsel كِذْبَه، قِصَّه مُلَفَّقَه измислица fabricação výmysl die Erfindung opspind κατασκεύασμα, μύθευμα invención väljamõeldis دروغ vale inventionשקר, כזב रचना izmišljotina, laž koholmány kebohongan tilbúningur, uppspuni invenzione でっちあげ 거짓말, 허구 prasimanymas safabricējums; izdomājums penipuan verzinselløgn, oppspinn, påfunn wymysł جوړونه، را ايستنه، ودانونه fabricação născo­cire выдумка výmysel izmišljotina izmišljotina lögn, fabricering ข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurma, yalan 謊言 вигадка سخن سازی chuyện bịa đặt 谎言

2. the act of fabricating. fabrikasie, vervaardiging تَلْفيق фалшификация fabricação vymýšlení die Herstellung opspind κατασκευήfabricación sepitsus دروغ گویی valehtelu fabricationהמצאה विचारना izmišljanje, laganje gyártás membohong framleiðsla fabbricazione でっちあげること 꾸며낸 일 išgalvojimas, sufabrikavimas safabricēšana; izdomāšana menipu het verzinnen forfalskning zmyślanie درواغ وایل fabricação fabricare подделка zhotovenie izdelovanje izmišljanje hopdiktande การสร้างข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurma 捏造 підробка; фабрикація گڑھی ہوئی بات کہنا hành động hay kết quả của việc bịa đặt 捏造

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