concoct
To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cookingTo prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
» Tom has concocted a plan.
Meaning
3 sensesTo prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
to concoct a potion
to concoct a new dish
zusammenbrauen, zusammenmischen, zusammenrühren
состряпыватьsostrjapyvatʹ
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
(figuratively)To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
to concoct a cunning plan
ersinnen, sich ausdenken, ausdenken
выдумыватьvydumyvatʹ, изобрета́тьizobretátʹ
(obsolete)To digest.
Examples
8 sentencesTom has concocted a plan.
I concocted an excuse for missing the party.
The herbalist will concoct a potion for that.
Ziri is in his lab, concocting a new perfume.
Hell and paradise are just hypotheses concocted by the mind.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), frFrom Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
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Forms
concocts, concocting, concocted, concoctedSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle