to prefabricate

Examples

• All

• You sit behind your little prefabricated table, livin' your prefabricated lives, sayin' someone else's lines.

  Human Zoo (2020)

• And there was Taylor Hicks, like Paul Ryan before him and Mitt Romney after him, whipping up an empty simulacrum of emotion with prefabricated passion and engineered emotion.

  Blog text (15)

• Each message relied on a different medium: Jacoby's prefabricated letters on the blackboard, the journalistic photograph of the protester, and the telex for the news.

  Academic text (2014)

• The company decided to prefabricate the houses to reduce construction time and costs.

• In order to create a consistent look, they chose to prefabricate all the kitchen units before the installation.

• Many schools are opting to prefabricate classroom buildings to meet the increasing demand for space.

Synonyms

F

to fabricate

vsto prefabricate

• Specialized

30 5.5

To make something from parts in a factory

adds the idea of doing this beforehand and in a standardized way

P

to preassemble

vsto prefabricate

1 4.6

To put parts together before they are needed or installed

focuses on building earlier and often in a standard, unoriginal way

P

to pre-manufacture

vsto prefabricate

• Specialized

6.4

To make parts in a factory before they are needed

emphasizes standard and artificial production rather than just early timing

Antonyms

O

original

250 3.6

New and different, not copied from others

C

custom-built

7 4.1

Made to fit a particular person or a special use

How Pre-made

to preassemble

1 4.6

to prefabricate

1 6.3

to mass-produce

8 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology