prefabricate

verb

Definition of prefabricatenext
as in to construct

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Recent Examples of prefabricate The lodges are simple and prefabricated — no permanent new structures are allowed in the nature reserve — but well designed and positioned to make the most of mountain views. — Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023 Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations and the county government. — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023 Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations, and the county government. — Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023 Recently, Nury found one of Prouvé’s prefabricated 6 x 6 houses, from 1944, which will remain disassembled in a warehouse until, someday, a client chooses it for a special event. — Kurt Soller David Chow, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for prefabricate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricate
  1. construct
  2. build
  3. fabricate
  4. erect
  5. assemble
  6. design
  7. make up
  8. manufacture
Verb
  • Members maintain the club's 129-year-old building, construct new stretches of track and fix each other's trains.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Testing quantum sensing before launch Infleqtion will now construct an initial sensor head and an electronics engineering unit.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of construct
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  • Gates officially open Monday, August 31, but just over half of the attendees will arrive earlier to build the big art installations and other features of the temporary city.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Netflix long vowed to build growth rather than buy it, but more recently it's gotten a taste for M&A.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of build
Verb
  • The group has constructed more than 820 all-terrain wheelchairs; fabricated 900 orthotics and prosthetics; and distributed more than 740 hearing aids.
    — Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Here, Varghese coordinates their physical therapy, builds their braces, fabricates their prostheses, and operates on their limbs, should things come to that.
    — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabricate
Verb
  • There was also a walkway from the tip of the catwalks that led to a secondary stage — one unlike any I’d ever seen before in 30-plus years of reviewing shows — erected at the very back of the field.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Fraser noted that a portion of the erecting shop, which will receive a more modest round of repairs, dates to 1869.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of erect
Verb
  • The Progress Center assembles the workhorse vehicle for Russia, the Soyuz-2 vehicle, as well as the newer Soyuz-5 rocket.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of assembling every major component at a construction site, Apollo plans to manufacture key systems in factories.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • Unsurprisingly, the formulas speak the same language, pairing nourishing, botanical-forward ingredients (like sunflower oil and rosemary extract) with lightweight textures designed to hydrate, smooth, and style without piling on the weight.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the last decade or so, football on every level has implemented rules designed to reduce the type of hits that used to sell the sport, but now would be a penalty or an ejection.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of design
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  • Under Option 1, Black residents would make up 20% of the West zone's population and white residents would be 66%.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia's revenue upside, however, stands to more than make up for the memory squeeze.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of make up
Verb
  • In Wyoming, Hammack recounted her recent visit with a group of manufacturing plant workers in Erie, Pennsylvania.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Standard Nuclear will manufacture and deliver the TRISO fuel under the binding agreement.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of manufacture

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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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