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English noun: fabrication | |||
| 1. | fabrication (communication) a deliberately false or improbable account | ||
| Synonyms | fable, fiction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canard | ||
| 2. | fabrication (act) writing in a fictional form | ||
| Synonyms | fictionalisation, fictionalization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
| 3. | fabrication (act) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | ||
| Samples | The synthesis and fabrication of single crystals. An improvement in the manufacture of explosives. Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain. | ||
| Synonyms | manufacture, manufacturing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creating from raw materials | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | formation, newspeak, prefabrication, shaping | ||
| 4. | fabrication (act) the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | ||
| Synonyms | assembly | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | building, construction | ||
| Antonyms | disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling | ||
| 5. | fabrication (act) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||
| Synonyms | lying, prevarication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | falsification, misrepresentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fibbing, paltering | ||
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