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excogitation

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ek-ˈskä-jə-ˌtāt\
    • /ˌeksˌk.ɒ.dʒɪ.ˈteɪʃ.n̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ek-ˈskä-jə-ˌtāt\

Definition of excogitation word

  • noun excogitation Careful thought or consideration. 1

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Parts of speech for Excogitation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

excogitation popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for excogitation

noun excogitation

  • conception — A conception of something is an idea that you have of it in your mind.
  • concoction — A concoction is something that has been made out of several things mixed together.
  • contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
  • design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
  • formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.

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