fabricate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈfæb.rɪ.keɪt/

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Verb

Plain form fabricate

Third-person singular fabricates

Past tense fabricated

Past participle fabricated

Present participle fabricating

1. (transitive) If you fabricate something, you construct it from many individual parts.

   to fabricate a bridge or ship

2. (transitive) If you fabricate a story, you invent it so as to bluff others.

Related words

• fabrication