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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.
[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]
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
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Verb | 1. | ![]() 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. | ![]() 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 spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn" |
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fabricate
verb
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fabricate
verb1. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:
Informal: cook up.
Idiom: come up with.
2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials:
3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:
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Translations
يُلَفِّق قِصَّه
vymyslit si
fabrikereopdigte
gyártkiagyalösszeszerel
búa til
išgalvojimassufabrikavimassufabrikuoti
izdomātsafabricēt
fabricate
[ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] VT1. (= 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
(= manufacture) → herstellen, fabrizieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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.
ˌfabriˈcation noun1. a lie. Your account of the accident was a complete fabrication.
2. the act of fabricating.
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