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- [fab-ri-key-shuh n]
- /ˌfæb rɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
- /ˈfæb.rɪ.keɪt/
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- [fab-ri-key-shuh n]
- /ˌfæb rɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
Definitions of fabrication word
- noun fabrication the act or process of fabricating; manufacture. 1
- noun fabrication something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement: His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication. 1
- noun fabrication The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something. 1
- noun fabrication untruth 1
- noun fabrication manufacture 1
- noun fabrication a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture 0
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Origin of fabrication
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1475-1500, fabrication is from the Latin word fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō). See fabricate, -ion
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Parts of speech for Fabrication
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fabrication popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fabrication usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fabrication
noun fabrication
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- fiction — works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.
- forgery — the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
- untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
Antonyms for fabrication
noun fabrication
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- non-fiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
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