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# fabricated

«fabricated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made up to trick people; false: «a fabricated story»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (fabricated); past tense and past participle of fabricate

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made up to trick people; false: «a fabricated story». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#m1)

2) Made or built, often in a factory from parts: «fabricated steel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news, «fabricated evidence» or «a fabricated excuse» is a lie made to look true. In technology, parts are «fabricated» (made) in workshops. In history lessons, pupils learn to check sources because some are fabricated.

### examples

- His excuse was completely fabricated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x1)
- The newspaper printed a fabricated story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x2)
- The detective found the evidence was fabricated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x3)
- The bridge parts were fabricated in a factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x4)
- She fabricated a reason to stay home from school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x5)
- Don't believe fabricated news you see online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/#x6)

### note

Verb: fabricate; noun: fabrication (a lie or a making). Usually negative when about stories or evidence. Similar: made-up, invented, false.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fabricated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabricated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.