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excogitate

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ek-ˈskä-jə-ˌtāt\
    • /eksˈk.ɒ.dʒɪ.teɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ek-ˈskä-jə-ˌtāt\

Definitions of excogitate word

  • noun excogitate Think out, plan, or devise. 1
  • verb excogitate to devise, invent, or contrive 0
  • verb excogitate to think out in detail 0
  • verb transitive excogitate to think out carefully and fully 0
  • verb transitive excogitate to contrive, devise, or invent by such thought 0
  • verb excogitate To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. 0
See all 7 definitions of excogitate

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Parts of speech for Excogitate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Excogitate

excogitate popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for excogitate

verb excogitate

  • conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
  • consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
  • contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  • contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
  • deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
All 22 Synonyms of excogitate

Antonyms for excogitate

verb excogitate

  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
All 9 Antonyms of excogitate

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