concoct

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de créer ou de préparer quelque chose, surtout en combinant divers ingrédients ou éléments, souvent de manière ingénieuse ou astucieuse.

A verb used to indicate the act of creating or preparing something, especially by combining various ingredients or elements, often in a clever or inventive way.

1. Prepare food or drinkB2formal

   To make or prepare something, especially food or drink, by mixing various ingredients.

   Préparer un mets ou une boisson

   • She concocted a delicious stew from leftover vegetables.
   • He concocted a special cocktail for the party.
   • The chef concocted a new sauce for the pasta dish.

   Synonymesblendbrewcook upfixmakemixpreparewhip up

2. Devise or inventB2formal

   To create or invent something, often a story, plan, or excuse, usually with cleverness or deceit.

   Inventer, imaginer

   • He concocted an elaborate excuse for being late.
   • The children concocted a plan to surprise their mother.
   • She concocted a fictional story to explain her absence.

   Synonymescontrivecook updevisedream upfabricatehatchinventmake upthink up