adj
Meaning 1
Constructed or assembled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fabricated
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of fabricate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
formed or conceived by the imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fancied, fictional, fictitious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 製造的 /制造的 (zhìzào de) — constructed
- Dutch: gefabriceerd — constructed
- Finnish: koottu — constructed
- Finnish: rakennettu — constructed
- Finnish: valmistettu — constructed
- Hindi: मनगढ़ंत (managṛhant) — constructed
- Hindi: कल्पित (kalpit) — constructed
- Sanskrit: कल्पित (kalpita) — constructed
- Spanish: fabricado — constructed
- Arabic: مُفْتَرًى (muftaran) — false
- Arabic: مَكْذُوب (makḏūb) — false
- Arabic: مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ) — false
- Chinese Mandarin: 虛構的 /虚构的 (xūgòu de) — false
- Chinese Mandarin: 虛假的 /虚假的 (xūjiǎ de) — false
- Dutch: verzonnen — false
- Finnish: tekaistu — false
- Finnish: keksitty — false
- German: frei erfunden — false
- German: erfunden — false
- Malayalam: കെട്ടിച്ചമച്ച (keṭṭiccamacca) — false
- Russian: сфабрико́ванный (sfabrikóvannyj) — false
- Russian: фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) — false
- Spanish: inventado — false
- Spanish: forjado — false
- Spanish: falso — false
- Spanish: ficticio — false
- Spanish: artificioso — false
- Spanish: sintético — false
- Turkish: uydurma — false
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