fabricate

(făb'rĭ-kāt')
tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -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.

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

fabrication fab'ri·ca'tion n.
fabricator fab'ri·ca'tor n.

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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. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.
2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fashion, forge¹, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape. See make/unmake.
3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration: doctor, fake, falsify, fictionalize, fictionize. See true/false.

v

Definition: falsify, make up story
Antonyms: tell truth

v

Definition: manufacture
Antonyms: break, demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck

IN BRIEF: To make or build by putting parts together. Also: to make up or invent.

They fabricated the story about why they were late so their parents would not punish them.

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Breaking down of a carcass of meat into consumer cuts or boned meat.

For a list of words related to fabricate, see:

• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - fabricate: (vb) construct, esp. from standardized parts
• Sculpture Tools and Techniques - fabricate: (vb) assemble parts into sculptural whole
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - fabricate: (vb) invent, esp. concoct so as to deceive
• Belief and Conception - fabricate: conceive, create, concoct

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forfalske, opdigte, fremstille

Nederlands (Dutch)
fabriceren, verzinnen, vervalsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - fabriquer/faire (qch), construire (une théorie), inventer (de toutes pièces), forger (un document)

Deutsch (German)
v. - herstellen, erfinden, fälschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατασκευάζω, φτιάχνω, (μτφ.) εξυφαίνω, σκαρώνω, πλαστογραφώ, χαλκεύω

Italiano (Italian)
fabbricare, inventare, architettare, montare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fabricar, falsificar

Русский (Russian)
выдумывать, сочинять, подделывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - fabricar, manufacturar, inventar, imaginar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dikta (bildl.), förfalska, sätta ihop, tillverka, ljuga ihop något

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
制造, 伪造, 组装, 杜撰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 製造, 偽造, 組裝, 杜撰

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 조립하다, ~만들다, 날조하다, 꾸며대다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 作る, 組み立てる, 作り上げる, でっちあげる, 偽造する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينشئ , يصنع , يخترع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮יצר, המציא, זייף‬

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