| NOUN | communication | fabrication, fiction, fable | a deliberately false / false or improbable account |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation | writing in a fictional form | |
| act | fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing | the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | |
| act | fabrication, assembly | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | |
| act | fabrication, lying, prevarication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
| Sounds | fae.brihkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A deliberately false / false or improbable account. | |
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| Synonyms | fiction, fable | |
| Narrower | canard | A deliberately misleading fabrication |
| Broader | falsehood, falsity, untruth | A false statement |
| Spanish | elucubración, fábula, ficción, invención | |
| Catalan | faula, ficció, invenció | |
| Verbs | fabricate | make up something artificial or untrue |
| Meaning | writing in a fictional form. | |
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| Synonyms | fictionalization, fictionalisation | |
| Broader | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Verbs | fabricate | make up something artificial or untrue |
| Meaning | The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. | |
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| Example | "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals" | |
| Synonyms | manufacture, manufacturing | |
| Narrower | formation, shaping | The act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
| newspeak | deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public | |
| prefabrication | The manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site | |
| Broader | creating from raw materials | The act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
| Spanish | elaboración, fabricación, manufacturación, manufactura, producción | |
| Catalan | elaboració, fabricació, manufactura | |
| Verbs | fabricate | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts |
| Meaning | The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery). | |
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| Synonym | assembly | |
| Broader | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Opposite | dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly | The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
| Spanish | construcción, ensamblaje, fabricación, montaje | |
| Catalan | assemblatge, fabricació, muntatge | |
| Verbs | fabricate | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts |
| Meaning | The deliberate act of deviating from the truth. | |
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| Synonyms | lying, prevarication | |
| Narrower | fibbing, paltering | A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear |
| Broader | falsification, misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts |
| Spanish | embuste, mentira, prevaricación | |
| Catalan | butllofa, mentida | |
| Verbs | fabricate | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts |
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