noun
1. writing in a fictional form
• Syn: ↑fictionalization, ↑fictionalisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalise (for: ↑fictionalisation), ↑fictionalize (for: ↑fictionalization), ↑fabricate
• Hypernyms: ↑writing, ↑authorship, ↑composition, ↑penning
2. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
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the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
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an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
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manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
• Syn: ↑manufacture, ↑manufacturing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑manufacture (for: ↑manufacture), ↑fabricate
• Hypernyms: ↑creating from raw materials
• Hyponyms: ↑formation, ↑shaping, ↑newspeak, ↑prefabrication
3. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
• Syn: ↑assembly
• Ant: ↑disassembly (for: ↑assembly)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fabricate
• Hypernyms: ↑construction, ↑building
4. a deliberately false or improbable account
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fabulous (for: ↑fable), ↑fabulist (for: ↑fable), ↑fictional (for: ↑fiction), ↑fictitious (for: ↑fiction), ↑fictionalize (for: ↑fiction), ↑fabricate
• Hyponyms: ↑canard
5. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• Syn: ↑lying, ↑prevarication
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fabricate, ↑prevaricate (for: ↑prevarication), ↑lie (for: ↑lying)
• Hypernyms: ↑falsification, ↑misrepresentation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.