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THINK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does think up mean? 

THINK UP (verb)
  The verb THINK UP has 1 sense:

1. devise or inventplay

  Familiarity information: THINK UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THINK UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Devise or invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up

Context example:

no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software

Hypernyms (to "think up" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think up"):

idealise; idealize (form ideals)

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he think up his major works over a short period of time?


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