fabrication

noun

fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce fabrication (audio)
1
: the act or process of fabricating
2
: a product of fabrication
especially : lie, falsehood

Examples of fabrication in a Sentence

her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Book, of the Homeless Trust, flatly rejected suggestions that the hostel was a security concern, calling them a political fabrication. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025 The bill, which passed out of the Senate unanimously, would instruct the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt training programs for best practices for stone fabrication workers and develop a certification process with safety and training standards. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 9 June 2025 Moving the fabrication of the Tensor mobile chipset from Samsung to TSMC is one of those calls, but the risk is balanced out by at least one key component staying with Samsung. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025 In a way, advanced packaging keeps afloat Moore’s Law, the idea that the number of transistors on microchips would double every two years, as breakthroughs in the chip fabrication process become increasingly costly and more difficult. Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabrication

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabricātiōn-, fabricātiō, from fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at fabricate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fabrication was in the 15th century

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“Fabrication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabrication. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

Medical Definition

fabrication

noun
fab·​ri·​ca·​tion ˌfab-ri-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce fabrication (audio)

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