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1. (n.) concoction
the act or process of concocting.
2. concoction
something concocted; mixture.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L)
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| Definition of 'concoction' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) concoction, mixture, intermixture
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
2. (noun) concoction
an occurrence of an unusual mixture
"it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
3. (noun) concoction
the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
"his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
4. (noun) confection, concoction
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) concoction
a change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion
2. (noun) concoction
the act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared
3. (noun) concoction
the act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination
4. (noun) concoction
abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition
5. (noun) concoction
the act of perfecting or maturing
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| Definitions of 'concoction' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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concoction
1. An imaginative mosaic distinguished from a lie in this, that a lie is "made up" and a concoction is "put together."
2. A social, religious, economic or political allegory, dogma, creed or program which lands some one in power and flattens out those who believe in it.
3. A mixture of dream and reality, sometimes called "Universe" or "World," put together by two strolling Super-Gentlemen Adventurers, sometimes known as God and Satan.
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Sense: to put together, make up or invent
I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked.
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 Afrikaans: mengsel, brousel; beramin |
 Arabic: إخْتِلاق قِصَّه |
 Bulgarian: измислица |
 Brazilian: mistura |
 Czech: namíchání, směs |
 German: das Gebräu, die Erfindung |
 Danish: bryg; blanding |
 Greek: παρασκεύασμα, επινόηση |
 Spanish: mejunje, brebaje |
 Estonian: segu, sepitsus |
 Farsi: من درآورده؛ معجون |
 Finnish: keitos |
 French: préparation |
 Hebrew: תַעֲרוֹבֶת, הֲכָנָה |
 Hindi: काढ़ा, कपटजाल, कुचक्र, दु |
 Croatian: varenje, preparat, uvarak |
 Hungarian: (össze)kotyvasztás |
 Indonesian: ramuan |
 Icelandic: samsuða |
 Italian: miscela, preparato |
 Japanese: 調合 |
 Korean: 혼성, 조제물 |
 Lithuanian: mišinys, prasimanymas, pr |
 Latvian: brūvējums; sadomājums |
 Malay: rekaan |
 Dutch: brouwsel |
 Norwegian: sammensetning, brygg, påf |
 Polish: wymysł |
 Persian: من درآورده؛ معجون |
 Pashto: ترکیبول |
 Portuguese: mistela |
 Romanian: amestec |
 Russian: выдумка |
 Slovak: namiešanie |
 Slovenian: skrpucalo |
 Serbian: izmišljotina |
 Swedish: tillagning, hopkok |
 Thai: การประกอบขึ้น |
 Turkish: karışım, terkip |
 Taiwanese: 調配，捏造 |
 Ukrainian: готування, куховарство |
 Urdu: جھوٹ ، بناوٹ |
 Vietnamese: sự tạo ra |
 Chinese: 调制，编造 |
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