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Main Entry:	contrive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	invent, design
Synonyms:	come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig, scheme, vamp, wangle, whip up*, throw together, trump up
Antonyms:	disorganize

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Main Entry:	contrive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring about, succeed with difficulty
Synonyms:	achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games
Antonyms:	demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck

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Main Entry:	affect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pretend, imitate
Synonyms:	act, adopt, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, fake, feign, put on, sham*, simulate, take on, aspire to, do a bit, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put up a front
Notes:	as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect

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Main Entry:	angle for
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attempt to get
Synonyms:	connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, aim for, be after, cast about for, look for, try for

Main Entry:	arrange
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make plans, often involving agreement
Synonyms:	adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame, harmonize, iron out, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal
Antonyms:	disorganize, not plan

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Main Entry:	assemble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	put together
Synonyms:	compile, connect, construct, contrive, erect, fabricate, fashion, fit, form, join, make, manufacture, model, mold, produce, set up, shape, unite, weld, piece together
Antonyms:	divide, separate, take apart

Main Entry:	brew
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plan, devise
Synonyms:	breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, weave, impend, stir up

Main Entry:	build
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	construct structure
Synonyms:	assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, model, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, synthesize, throw up*, fit together, jerry-build, knock together, prefabricate, superstruct, throw together
Antonyms:	demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin, take down, knock down

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Main Entry:	coin
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create, invent
Synonyms:	brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, make up, make up off the top of one's head, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up

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Main Entry:	compose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create writing, artwork, or music
Synonyms:	author, cast, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame, ghost, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, orchestrate, originate, pen, produce, put down, score, scribble, script, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write, bang out, clef, coin a phrase, comp, fudge together, ghostwrite, note down, poetize, push pencil, put pen to paper, set type

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Main Entry:	conceive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create
Synonyms:	brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up*, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, visualize, become pregnant, depicture, spitball, think up, trump up
Antonyms:	abort, destroy

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Main Entry:	concoct
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	formulate, think up
Synonyms:	batch, brew, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, vamp, ad lib, prefab, slap together, throw together

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Main Entry:	conjure up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to mind
Synonyms:	call, contrive, create, evoke, materialize, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge, produce as by magic
Antonyms:	forget, ignore, neglect

Main Entry:	connive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plot, scheme
Synonyms:	angle, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle*, finagle, frame, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, be in cahoots with, frame up, work hand in glove

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Main Entry:	conspire
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plot, scheme with someone
Synonyms:	cabal, cogitate, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up*, cooperate, devise, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, wangle, wire, be in cahoots, collogue, get in bed with, put out a contract, work something out

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Main Entry:	cook up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	devise
Synonyms:	arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp

Main Entry:	create
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	develop in mind or physically
Synonyms:	actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to
Antonyms:	destroy, ruin

Main Entry:	design
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plan, outline
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, chart, construct, contrive, create, delineate, describe, devise, diagram, draft, draw, effect, execute, fashion, form, frame, fulfill, invent, lay out, perform, produce, project, sketch, trace, work out, dope out, set out, sketch out
Antonyms:	disorder, disorganize

Main Entry:	design
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create, conceive
Synonyms:	compose, contrive, cook up, devise, dream up, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, invent, make up, originate, produce, think up

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Main Entry:	design
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	intend, mean to do
Synonyms:	aim, contemplate, contrive, destine, devise, make, mind, plan, prepare, project, propose, purpose, scheme, tailor