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fab·ri·ca·tion

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–noun

1.	the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.

2.	something fabricated, esp. an untruthful statement: His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.

[Origin: 1475–1500; < L fabricātiōn- (s. of fabricātiō). See fabricate, -ion

]

—Synonyms 2. See fiction.

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fab·ri·cate Audio Help (fāb'rĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates

To make; create.
To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.
To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.

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

fab'ri·ca'tion n., fab'ri·ca'tor n.

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fabrication
noun
1.	a deliberately false or improbable account
2.	writing in a fictional form
3.	the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
4.	the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) [ant: disassembly]
5.	the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: lying]

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ˌfabriˈcation1 noun

a lie
Example: Your account of the accident was a complete fabrication.

Arabic:	كِذْبَه، قِصَّه مُلَفَّقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	谎言
Chinese (Traditional):	謊言
Czech:	výmysl
Danish:	opspind
Dutch:	verzinsel
Estonian:	väljamõeldis
Finnish:	sepitelmä
French:	invention
German:	die Erfindung
Greek:	κατασκεύασμα, μύθευμα
Hungarian:	koholmány
Icelandic:	tilbúningur, uppspuni
Indonesian:	kebohongan
Italian:	invenzione

Japanese:	でっちあげ
Korean:	거짓
Latvian:	safabricējums; izdomājums
Lithuanian:	prasimanymas
Norwegian:	løgn, oppspinn, påfunn
Polish:	wymysł
Portuguese (Brazil):	invenção
Portuguese (Portugal):	fabricação
Romanian:	născocire
Russian:	выдумка
Slovak:	výmysel
Slovenian:	izmišljotina
Spanish:	invención
Swedish:	lögn, fabricering
Turkish:	uydurma, yalan

ˌfabriˈcation2 noun

the act of fabricating

Arabic:	تَلْفيق
Chinese (Simplified):	捏造
Chinese (Traditional):	捏造
Czech:	vymýšlení
Danish:	opspind
Dutch:	het verzinnen
Estonian:	sepitsus
Finnish:	sepittäminen
French:	fabrication
German:	die Herstellung
Greek:	κατασκευή
Hungarian:	gyártás
Icelandic:	framleiðsla
Indonesian:	membohong
Italian:	fabbricazione

Japanese:	でっちあげること
Korean:	꾸며냄
Latvian:	safabricēšana; izdomāšana
Lithuanian:	išgalvojimas, sufabrikavimas
Norwegian:	forfalskning
Polish:	zmyślanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	fabricação
Portuguese (Portugal):	fabricação
Romanian:	fabricare
Russian:	подделка
Slovak:	zhotovenie
Slovenian:	izdelovanje
Spanish:	fabricación
Swedish:	hopdiktande
Turkish:	uydurma

See also: fabricate

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: fab·ri·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "fab-ri-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
: CONFABULATION

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fabrication

Fab`ri*ca"tion\, n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]

1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. --Burke.

2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Syn: See Fiction.

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