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concoct
con·coct C0549000 (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.concoct (kənˈkɒkt) vb (tr) 1. to make by combining different ingredients2. to invent; make up; contrive[C16: from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook] conˈcocter, conˈcoctor n conˈcoctive adjcon•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. concoct Past participle: concocted Gerund: concocting
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I concoct | you concoct | he/she/it concocts | we concoct | you concoct | they concoct |
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I concocted | you concocted | he/she/it concocted | we concocted | you concocted | they concocted |
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I am concocting | you are concocting | he/she/it is concocting | we are concocting | you are concocting | they are concocting |
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I have concocted | you have concocted | he/she/it has concocted | we have concocted | you have concocted | they have concocted |
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I was concocting | you were concocting | he/she/it was concocting | we were concocting | you were concocting | they were concocting |
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I had concocted | you had concocted | he/she/it had concocted | we had concocted | you had concocted | they had concocted |
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I will concoct | you will concoct | he/she/it will concoct | we will concoct | you will concoct | they will concoct |
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I will have concocted | you will have concocted | he/she/it will have concocted | we will have concocted | you will have concocted | they will have concocted |
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I will be concocting | you will be concocting | he/she/it will be concocting | we will be concocting | you will be concocting | they will be concocting |
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I have been concocting | you have been concocting | he/she/it has been concocting | we have been concocting | you have been concocting | they have been concocting |
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I will have been concocting | you will have been concocting | he/she/it will have been concocting | we will have been concocting | you will have been concocting | they will have been concocting |
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I had been concocting | you had been concocting | he/she/it had been concocting | we had been concocting | you had been concocting | they had been concocting |
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I would concoct | you would concoct | he/she/it would concoct | we would concoct | you would concoct | they would concoct |
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I would have concocted | you would have concocted | he/she/it would have concocted | we would have concocted | you would have concocted | they would have concocted | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixingamalgamate, 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"cook upcookery, 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"ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" | | 3. | concoct - invent; "trump up charges"trump upcook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue | | 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"dream up, think up, hatch, think ofidealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized"create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's handscook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue |
concoctverb 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.concoctverbTo use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up.Informal: cook up.Idiom: come up with.Translationsconcoct (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. 調配,捏造 调制,编造 conˈcoction (-ʃən) noun 調配,捏造 调制,编造 MedicalSeeconcoctionconcoct Related to concoct: ConcorSynonyms for concoctverb make upSynonyms- make up
- design
- prepare
- manufacture
- plot
- invent
- devise
- brew
- hatch
- formulate
- contrive
- fabricate
- think up
- cook up
- trump up
- project
Synonyms for concoctverb to use ingenuity in making, developing, or achievingSynonyms- contrive
- devise
- dream up
- fabricate
- formulate
- hatch
- invent
- make up
- think up
- cook up
Synonyms for concoctverb make a concoction (of) by mixingRelated Words- amalgamate
- commix
- mingle
- unify
- mix
verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredientsSynonymsRelated Words- cookery
- cooking
- preparation
- ready
- prepare
- cook
- fix
- make
verb inventSynonymsRelated Words- cook up
- fabricate
- invent
- manufacture
- make up
verb devise or inventSynonyms- dream up
- think up
- hatch
- think of
Related Words- idealise
- idealize
- create by mental act
- create mentally
- cook up
- fabricate
- invent
- manufacture
- make up
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