ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfabricate
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fabricate
Meaning: to invent or make up something false
fabricate in a sentence
How fabricate is used in real sentences:
The reporter was fired after admitting he had fabricated several quotes in his article.
To avoid trouble, the boy fabricated an elaborate excuse about his backpack falling into a river.
“A damaged receipt may be genuine, or someone may have tried to fabricate it after the complaint.”
— from the passage Inside the Jury Room
Synonyms for fabricate
Other words for fabricate — invent, concoct and falsify — carry the same meaning.
- invent
- concoct
- falsify
Where it comes from
From Latin fabricare 'to construct, frame'
Memory hook
FABRIC-ate: weave a FABRIC of lies.