keksiä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coin noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
- concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
- contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
- innovate verb To introduce new ideas, methods, or products.
- invent verb To create or design something new that didn't exist before.
Senses
keksiä is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- contrive To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
- dream up To have an imaginative, unusual or foolish idea, to invent something unreal.
- give birth (transitive, with to, of viviparous animals) To become the parent of by birthing.
- hit on (transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize.
coin — full definition
- noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
- verb To invent a new word or phrase.
concoct — full definition
- verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
- verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.