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con·coct
(kən-kŏkt′)tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts
1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a plan.
[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
con·coct′er, con·coc′tor n.
con·coc′tion n.
con·coc′tive adj.
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concoct
(kənˈkɒkt)vb (tr)
1. to make by combining different ingredients
2. to invent; make up; contrive
[C16: from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook]
conˈcocter, conˈcoctor n
conˈcoctive adj
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con•coct
(kɒnˈkɒkt, kən-)v.t.
1. to prepare or make by combining ingredients: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
2. to devise; contrive: to concoct an excuse.
[1525–35; < Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook down, digest]
con•coc′tive, adj.
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Past participle: concocted
Gerund: concocting
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Verb | 1. | concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixing amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
2. | concoct - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | |
3. | concoct - invent; "trump up charges" | |
4. | concoct - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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concoct
verb make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, project He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
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Translations
يَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً بالمَزْج
namíchatsestavitvymyslet
brygge sammenfinde påudtænke
kotyvasztösszekotyvaszt
sjóîa saman, búa til
išgalvotipramanaspramanytiužmaišyti
sadomātsagudrot
karıştırıp hazırlamakuydurmak
concoct
[kənˈkɒkt] VT [+ food, drink] → confeccionar; [+ lie, story] → inventar; [+ plot] → tramar, fraguarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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concoct
vt
(Cook etc) → zusammenstellen, (zu)bereiten; (hum) → kreieren, zurechtzaubern
(fig) → sich (dat) → zurechtlegen; scheme, plan also → ausbrüten or -hecken; excuse also → sich (dat) → ausdenken; new dress, hat → zaubern
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[kənˈkɒkt] vt (food, drink) → mettere insieme; (lie, story, excuse) → inventare; (scheme) → architettareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
concoct
(kənˈkokt) , ((American) kon-) verb to put together, make up or invent. I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked.
conˈcoction (-ʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.