adj
Meaning 1
Digested or affected by heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
concoct
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kənˈkɒkt/
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[khəŋˈkhɒkt]
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N K AA1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A concoction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to concoct a potion
- to concoct a new dish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prepare, mix
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- to concoct a cunning plan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contrive, plot, scheme, ferment, brew
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To digest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
make a concoction (of) by mixing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
verb
Meaning 7
devise or invent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
- no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: think up, think of, dream up, hatch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally
Narrower terms: idealize, idealise, fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
verb
Meaning 8
invent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- trump up charges
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trump up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
verb
Meaning 9
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- concoct a strange mixture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cook up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concoctus, perfect passive participle of Latin concoquō (compare Etymology 1).
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: namíchat — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zusammenbrauen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zusammenmischen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zusammenrühren — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zusammenkochen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: fabrizieren — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zubereiten — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: brauen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: auskochen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- German: zusammenstellen — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Hebrew: רָקַח (raqáẖ) — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Italian: intrugliare — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Italian: preparare — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Polish: przyrządzać — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Polish: przyrządzić — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Russian: состряпывать (sostrjapyvatʹ) — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Spanish: confeccionar — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Spanish: concocer — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Turkish: meczetmek — to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
- Czech: vymyslet si — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Czech: vymyslet — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Czech: vykonstruovat — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Dutch: samenstellen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Dutch: in elkaar flansen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Finnish: keksiä — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Finnish: kehittää — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Finnish: luoda — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: ersinnen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: sich ausdenken — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: ausdenken — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: ausbrüten — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: sich zurechtlegen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: spinnen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: aushecken — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- German: zurechtlegen — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Irish: cum — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Italian: combinare — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Italian: complottare — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Norwegian: pønske ut — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Polish: wymyślić — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Russian: выдумывать (vydumyvatʹ) — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Russian: изобрета́ть (izobretátʹ) — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Turkish: tertip etmek — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
- Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك (düzmek) — to contrive something using skill or ingenuity