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fabrication

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The story is doubtless a fabrication.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lying, prevarication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falsification, misrepresentation

Narrower terms: fibbing, paltering

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assembly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: construction, building

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
  • an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
  • manufacturing is vital to Great Britain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manufacture, manufacturing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creating from raw materials

Narrower terms: formation, shaping, newspeak, prefabrication

7

noun

Meaning 7

writing in a fictional form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fictionalization, fictionalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning

8

noun

Meaning 8

a deliberately false or improbable account

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fiction, fable

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falsehood, falsity, untruth

Narrower terms: canard

History

Etymology

From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: производство (proizvodstvo) — act
  • Bulgarian: фабрикуване (fabrikuvane) — act
  • Dutch: fabricage — act
  • Finnish: valmistaminen — act
  • Finnish: rakentaminen — act
  • Finnish: väärentäminen — act
  • French: fabrication — act
  • Georgian: ფაბრიკაცია (pabriḳacia) — act
  • Polish: fabrykacja — act
  • Romanian: fabricare — act
  • Russian: произво́дство (proizvódstvo) — act
  • Russian: изготовле́ние (izgotovlénije) — act
  • Spanish: fabricación — act
  • Spanish: manufactura — act
  • Tagalog: pag-imbento — act
  • Azerbaijani: qondarma — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Azerbaijani: geydirmə — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Bulgarian: фалшификат (falšifikat) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Dutch: verzinsel — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Finnish: sepite — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Finnish: tekaistu juttu — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Finnish: valhe — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Finnish: väärennös — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • French: fabulation — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Lushootseed: səxwʔiw̓adəb — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Macedonian: измислица (izmislica) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Polish: fabrykacja — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Russian: вы́думка (výdumka) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Russian: фальсифика́ция (falʹsifikácija) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Russian: подде́лка (poddélka) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Russian: подло́г (podlóg) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Spanish: falsedad — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Spanish: mentira — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Spanish: invención — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Spanish: inventada — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Spanish: abulencia — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Tagalog: imbento — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Tagalog: gawa — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Tagalog: gawa-gawa — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Urdu: جعلسازی (ja'alsāzī) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Urdu: جعل سازی (ja'al sāzī) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
  • Yiddish: אויסטראַכטעניש (oystrakhtenish) — that which is fabricated; a falsehood
Real reading context

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