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# fabrication

«fabrication» in Mova's school dictionary: **A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (fabrication, fabrications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#m1)

2) The making or building of something, especially from many parts in a factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and ethics it tells the reader that something said is false on purpose: «the whole story was a fabrication». In technology and design lessons it means making things: metal fabrication. Phrases: a complete fabrication, pure fabrication, steel fabrication.

### examples

- His story about meeting a famous footballer was a complete fabrication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x1)
- The newspaper said the claims were fabrication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x2)
- The factory does the fabrication of car parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x3)
- Her excuse was pure fabrication; she simply forgot her homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x4)
- Steel fabrication takes skill and safety gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x5)
- The witness admitted that his story was a fabrication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fabrication/#x6)

### note

Verb: fabricate (to make up a lie, or to build). In the lie sense it is a stronger and more formal word than «lie». Countable when it means one invented story; uncountable when it means the activity of making things.

### Trees and pragmatics

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