think up

English

Verb

think up (third-person singular simple present thinks up, present participle thinking up, simple past and past participle thought up)

(idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.
I can think up plenty of excuses not to go, but we really should attend.

Synonyms

come up with

Translations

create in one's mind; invent

Catalan: idear (ca)
Dutch: bedenken (nl), verzinnen (nl)
Esperanto: elpensi
Italian: ideare (it), inventare (it)
Norwegian: finne på
Portuguese: imaginar (pt)

Russian: приду́мывать (ru) impf (pridúmyvatʹ), приду́мать (ru) pf (pridúmatʹ); выду́мывать (ru) impf (vydúmyvatʹ), вы́думать (ru) pf (výdumatʹ)
Spanish: imaginar (es)
Swedish: hitta på (sv)
Turkish: think up
Ukrainian: вига́дувати impf (vyháduvaty), ви́гадати pf (výhadaty), виду́мувати impf (vydúmuvaty), ви́думати pf (výdumaty), приду́мувати impf (prydúmuvaty), приду́мати pf (prydúmaty)

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