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# fabrication

noun (fabrication, fabrications)

«fabrication» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#m1)
2. The making or building of something, especially from many parts in a factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and ethics it tells the reader that something said is false on purpose: «the whole story was a fabrication». In technology and design lessons it means making things: metal fabrication. Phrases: a complete fabrication, pure fabrication, steel fabrication.

### Examples

- His story about meeting a famous footballer was a complete fabrication. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x1)
- The newspaper said the claims were fabrication. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x2)
- The factory does the fabrication of car parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x3)
- Her excuse was pure fabrication; she simply forgot her homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x4)
- Steel fabrication takes skill and safety gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x5)
- The witness admitted that his story was a fabrication. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x6)

### Note

Verb: fabricate (to make up a lie, or to build). In the lie sense it is a stronger and more formal word than «lie». Countable when it means one invented story; uncountable when it means the activity of making things.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fabrication» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fabrication» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fabrication.html) on Mova free.