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fabricate Definition

fab·ri·cate (fabri kāt′)

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

  1. to make, build, construct, etc., esp. by assembling parts; manufacture
  2. to make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent

Etymology: ME fabricaten < L fabricatus, pp. of fabricari, to construct, build < fabrica: see fabric

fabricate Related Forms

fab·ri·ca′·tor noun

fabricate Synonyms

fabricate

v.

  1. To construct

    erect, make, form; see build 1, manufacture 1.

  2. To misrepresent

    make up, contrive, prevaricate; see invent 2, lie 1.

  3. To assemble

    put together, fit together, compose, join; see assemble 3. See syn. study at lie, make.

fabricate Usage Examples

Object

  • nanostructures: A combination of top-down and bottom-up processes will be used to fabricate composite nanostructures from these materials.
  • pre: International agencies are investing heavily in temporary pre fabricated buildings to provide as many homes as possible before winter.
  • allegation: He accuses his political rivals in the region of fabricating the allegations.
  • bracket: Thursday 5th July 2001 A start was been made on fabricating the frame support brackets.
  • story: Iraq's bloody history has never accommodated fabricated stories of western concern for human rights.
  • steel: Donated Seats - Southend Pier There are two types of donated bench available for placement on Southend Pier - hardwood or steel fabricated.

Preposition: on

substrate: Integrated Circuit Electronic components fabricated on a semiconductor substrate.

Preposition: at

  • size: We suspect it actually means it's sampling chip designs fabricated at that size.
  • time: More than 2500 devices are fabricated at the same time on a single wafer.

Modifying Another Word

  • specially: Many tees are now specially fabricated to meet the demands of active lifestyles.
  • completely: The scarcity of diamonds is completely fabricated by the De Beers family.
  • entirely: The steel boxes would be entirely fabricated in Europe and would need only to fitted out on the inside after their arrival in Sinai.
  • successfully: A series of over 50 different composite multi-layers were successfully fabricated in our laboratory.
  • totally: That was total rubbish, it was made up from start to finish, totally fabricated.
  • simply: Muhammad simply fabricated this accusation against them to cover up his embarrassment, implying that he was not the only one who went astray.

Infinitive complement

fit: Localized enclosures - Can be fabricated to fit around specific dust sources on site.

Preposition: in

steel: The covers are 75mm deep as standard and are fabricated in 6mm steel.

Preposition: from

  • steel: Products are fabricated from steel for commercial vehicle bodies or the CCTV industry.
  • material: The turntable employs a particularly heavy chassis fabricated from a special wood material.
  • metal: Add an axis carrying the materials variable and... what would it look like fabricated from metal?

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