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con·coct  (kn-kkt)

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 mystery story.

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[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·cocter, con·coctor n.

con·coction n.

con·coctive adj.

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concoct

Verb

1. to make by combining different ingredients

2. to invent or make up (a story or plan) [Latin coquere to cook]

concoction n

Thesaurus

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" cook up 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" 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 up cook 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 of idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue

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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

Translations

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt [+ food, drink] → preparar [+ story]; inventar [+ plot]; tramar

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → confectionner, composer

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt (excuse etc) → sich dat ausdenken;

(meal, sauce) → improvisieren

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → inventare

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concoct

v concoct [kənˈkokt, (American ) kon-]

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.saamflans; meng, brou; beraam; versin, uitdink, uitbroei; fabriseerيَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً بالمَزْجскалъпвамnamíchat; vymyslet; sestavitbrygge sammen; finde på; udtænkezusammenbrauen, sich ausdenkenεπινοώinventarkokku segama, sepitsemaساختنvalmistaa, sepittääinventerלְהַמצִיאगढ़नाizmisliti(össze)kotyvasztmeramusjóða saman, búa tilinventare混ぜ合わせてつくる뒤섞어 만들다, 꾸며내다užmaišyti, išgalvoti, pramanyti(ātri) pagatavot; sagudrot; sadomātmerekabrouwensette sammen, brygge, koke sammen, mikseprokurować, wymyślaćinventara amesteca; a născoci, a in­ventaсостряпать;выдуматьvymyslieťizmisliti si, skrpucatismislitiblanda (laga) till, koka ihopผสมkarıştırıp hazırlamak, uydurmak調制；編造вигадувати; складатиپکانا ، قصہ گھڑناtạo ra调制；编造

n conˈcoction [-ʃən]

mengsel, brousel; beraming; versinselإخْتِلاق قِصَّهизмислицаnamíchání, směsbryg; blandingdas Gebräu, die Erfindungπαρασκεύασμα, επινόησηmejunje, brebajesegu, sepitsusمن درآورده؛ معجونsekoitus, sepittäminenpréparationתַעֲרוֹבֶת, הֲכָנָהकाढ़ा, कपटजाल, कुचक्र, दुरभिसंधिvarenje, preparat, uvarak, skuhano(össze)kotyvasztásramuansamsuðamiscela, preparato調合조작mišinys, prasimanymas, pramanasbrūvējums; sadomājumsrekaanbrouwselsammensetning, brygg, påfunn, oppspinnwymysłmistelaamestecвыдумкаnamiešanieskrpucaloizmišljotinatillagning, hopkokการผสมkarışım, terkip調制；編造готування, куховарствоجھوٹ ، بناوٹsự tạo ra调制；编造