Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Fabrication has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
a deliberately false or improbable account
"The detective quickly realized that the suspect's entire story was just a fabrication designed to mislead the jury."
writing in a fictional form
"The author's latest novel is celebrated as a masterful fabrication of historical events and imaginary characters."
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
"the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"
"an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"
"manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
"The skilled workers spent all week on the fabrication of the new bridge crane."
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
"The politician's speech was nothing but a fabrication, as he deliberately lied about his voting record to win favor."
The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
"The final stage of fabrication involved welding together the steel beams to complete the bridge structure."
In plain English: Fabrication is making something up completely from nothing, usually to lie about how it happened.
"The detective realized that much of his evidence was just fabrication by the suspect."
Usage: Use fabrication to describe the physical process of manufacturing an object from raw materials rather than creating something out of thin air. Avoid confusing it with falsification when referring specifically to making up lies or false information.
The word comes from the Old French fabricacion, which was borrowed directly from the Late Latin fabricatio. It entered English with its current meaning of "the act or process of constructing something," derived from the root verb related to building or making by hand.