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Manufacture an object
Construct from prepared components.
Example
The team fabricated the frame from recycled steel.
fabricate
/ˈfæbrɪkeɪt/ · FAB-rih-kaytverb
To construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
Use fabricate when the context supports this precise sense: to construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
What fabricate Really Means
The word becomes easier to use when its closely related senses are separated and compared.
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Invent a falsehood
Create information that is not true.
Example
The witness admitted fabricating the entire account.
3
Create evidence
Produce deceptive material to support a claim.
Example
Officials were accused of fabricating records after the audit.
Use fabricate Naturally
Notice how the surrounding noun or clause reveals the exact shade of meaning.
The team fabricated the frame from recycled steel.
The witness admitted fabricating the entire account.
Officials were accused of fabricating records after the audit.
Precision Matters
Fabricate overlaps with several common words, but each carries a different emphasis.
fabricate
vs.Means to construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
contrive
Means to devise something through ingenuity, often with an artificial or deceptive quality.
fabricate
vs.Means to construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
substantiate
Means to support or establish a claim with evidence.
fabricate
vs.Means to construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
corroborate
Means confirm or support a statement with additional evidence.
fabricate
vs.Means to construct something or invent information, often deceptively.
manufacture
Means make goods or components, often on a large scale.
Test fabricate in Context
The statistics are invented and falsely represented as evidence.
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Because no such survey had ever been conducted, the consultant appears to ___ the statistics and present them as genuine findings.