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FABR-ik-ayt/ˈfæbrɪkeɪt/

To fabricate is to invent false information, or to manufacture something: fabricate evidence; a fabricated quote. Make up is the informal twin for lies. Manufacture is the factory sense. Coursework: do not fabricate quotes — that is malpractice. Mix-up: fabric is cloth (already in the dictionary).

Meaning

To invent false information; also to make something in a factory.

Examples

• “Do not fabricate quotes in the coursework; that is malpractice.”
• “The plant fabricates the panels on site, which is the industrial sense.”

Good to know

fabricate evidence / data / a quote. Informal (lies): make up. Factory: manufacture. Noun: fabrication. Exam boards treat fabricated sources as malpractice.

Near in meaning

invent

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