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1 concoct
[kən'kokt, ]( 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.) vymyslieť* * *• uvarit• zosnovat• zmiešat
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concoct — ► VERB 1) make (a dish or meal) by combining ingredients. 2) invent or devise (a story or plan). DERIVATIVES concocter noun concoction noun. ORIGIN Latin concoquere cook together … English terms dictionary
concoct — verb Concoct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alibi, ↑scheme … Collocations dictionary
concoct — verb 1) he planned to concoct a dessert Syn: prepare, make, assemble; informal fix, rustle up 2) this story she has concocted Syn: make up, dream up, fabricate, invent, trump up; formulate, hatch … Thesaurus of popular words
concoct — verb a) to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking b) to contrive something using skill or ingenuity See Also: concoction … Wiktionary
concoct — verb (T) 1 to invent a clever story, excuse, or plan, especially in order to deceive someone: John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late. 2 to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things, especially things that are … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
concoct — [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
concoct — [[t]kənkɒ̱kt[/t]] concocts, concocting, concocted 1) VERB If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. [V n] Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. 2) VERB If you concoct… … English dictionary
concoct — [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of… … Word origins
concoct — /kənˈkɒkt / (say kuhn kokt), /kəŋ / (say kuhng ) verb (t) 1. to make by combining ingredients, as in cookery: to concoct a soup; to concoct a dinner. 2. to prepare; make up; contrive: to concoct a story. {Latin concoctus, past participle, cooked… …
concoct — transitive verb Etymology: Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com + coquere to cook more at cook Date: 1675 1. to prepare by combining raw materials < concoct a recipe > 2. devise, fabricate … New Collegiate Dictionary
concoct — UK [kənˈkɒkt] / US [kənˈkɑkt] verb [transitive] Word forms concoct : present tense I/you/we/they concoct he/she/it concocts present participle concocting past tense concocted past participle concocted 1) to invent a false explanation or false… … English dictionary