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单词 concocts
释义

concoct

verb

con·​coct kən-ˈkäkt How to pronounce concoct (audio)
kän-
concocted; concocting; concocts

transitive verb

1
: to prepare by combining raw materials
concoct a recipe
concocted a tropical fruit smoothie
2
: devise, fabricate
concoct an explanation
concocted a strategy to take control of the company
concocter noun
concoctive
kən-ˈkäk-tiv How to pronounce concoct (audio)
kän-
adjective

Synonyms

  • construct
  • contrive
  • cook (up)
  • devise
  • drum up
  • excogitate
  • fabricate
  • invent
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • think (up)
  • trump up
  • vamp (up)
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Example Sentences

The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York. She concocted a stew from the leftovers.
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Word History

Etymology

Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com- + coquere to cook — more at cook

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

concoct

verb

con·​coct kən-ˈkäkt How to pronounce concoct (audio)
kän-
concocted; concocting
1
: to prepare (as food) by putting several different things together
2
: to make up : devise
concoct a plan

concocts

verb

present tense third-person singular of concoct
as in devises
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • devises
  • invents
  • constructs
  • designs
  • manufactures
  • contrives
  • produces
  • hatches
  • conceives
  • fabricates
  • drums up
  • envisions
  • excogitates
  • improvises
  • trumps up
  • comes up with
  • visualizes
  • dreams
  • fantasizes
  • makes up
  • envisages
  • daydreams
  • cooks (up)
  • vamps (up)
  • thinks (up)
  • visions
  • coins
  • imagines
  • extemporizes
  • pictures
  • ad-libs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reproduces
  • replicates
  • imitates
  • mimics
  • copies
  • clones
  • duplicates
  • reduplicates
  • copycats
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