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- [kon-kokt, kuh n-]
- /kɒnˈkɒkt, kən-/
- /kənˈkɒkt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kon-kokt, kuh n-]
- /kɒnˈkɒkt, kən-/
Definitions of concocted word
- verb with object concocted to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers. 1
- verb with object concocted to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse. 1
- noun concocted Simple past tense and past participle of concoct. 1
- adjective concocted invented, made up. 0
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Origin of concocted
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Latin concoctus (past participle of concoquere to cook together), equivalent to con- con- + coc-, variant stem of coquere to boil, cook1 (akin to Greek péptein; see pepsin, peptic) + -tus past participle ending
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Parts of speech for Concocted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
concocted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
concocted usage trend in Literature
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adjective concocted
- trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
- stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
- made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
- hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
Antonyms for concocted
verb concocted
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- wrecked — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
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