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bedenken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coin noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
  • consider verb To think carefully about something before making a decision.
  • devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  • invent verb To create or design something new that didn't exist before.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.

Senses

bedenken is used for these senses in English:

  • change one's mind (idiomatic) To decide differently than one had decided before.
  • coin (by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
  • come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • consider (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
  • devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
  • invent To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
  • make up To invent, to imagine, to concoct
  • plot (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

coin — full definition

  1. noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
  2. verb To invent a new word or phrase.

consider — full definition

  1. verb To think carefully about something before making a decision.
  2. verb To regard or judge someone or something as having a particular quality.
  3. verb To show regard or respect for someone's feelings or circumstances.

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