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concoct::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
| Type of | create by mental act, create mentally |
| Has types | manufacture, make up, idealise, invent, cook up, fabricate, idealize |
| Derivation | concoction |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unify, amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix |
| Derivation | concoction |
Examples of concoct
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Did they concoct his hologram out of existing footage or sheer digital wizardry?
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Stations hardly need a true-life drama, however, to concoct a bogus news tie-in.
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Do you have everything you need to concoct Derbytime's signature drink at home?
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At 5 p.m., the groomers meet to concoct a plan and warm up the diesel snowcats.
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The plot Kosinski and Nelson concoct manages to be both mysterious and tedious.
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And we didn't have Saturday to concoct our usual homemade gift, as we usually do.
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Don't let visitors concoct their own negative stories about why you're selling.
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It's even better if it's one that's easy to concoct and uses what's in season.
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He was so tardy that his teammates had enough time to concoct just punishment.
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- Make a concoction (of) by mixing
- Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture"
- Trump up: invent; "trump up charges"
- Think up: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
- (concoction) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
- (concoction) an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
- (concoction) confection: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
- A concoction is, strictly speaking, a combination of various ingredients, usually herbs, spices, condiments, powdery substances or minerals, mixed up together, minced, dissolved or macerated into a liquid so as they can be ingested or drunk. ...
- To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking; to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
