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Meaning of fabricate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. to make up something that is not true (a story, accusation etc). to fabricate an excuse. uitdink, versin, uit die duim suig يُلَفِّق قِصَّه измислям fabricar vymyslit si erfinden opdigte; fabrikere κατασκευάζωinventar sepitsema دروغ بافتن keksiä inventer לְ”פַבּרֵק” गढ़ लेना, कल्पना करना, झूठी कहानी बनाना izmišljati (laži, krive optužbe) kitalál mereka-reka búa til fabbricare でっちあげる 조작하다 išgalvoti, sufabrikuoti safabricēt; izdomāt mereka-reka verzinnendikte opp, finne på, forfalske sfabrykowa...
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  2. To make; create.
  3. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.
  4. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated a convincing excuse.
  5. to make, build, or construct
  6. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
  7. to fake or forge
  8. to make by art or skill and labor; construct.
  9. to make by assembling parts or sections.
  10. to devise; invent: to fabricate an alibi.

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CEFR level

C2
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