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How to sign: make or work out a plan for; devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack";
Similiar / Same: contrive, design, plan
Categories: create by mental act, create mentally
Within this category: concert, map
How to sign: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy";
Similiar / Same: visualize, envision, fancy, picture, image, visualise, figure, see
Categories: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
How to sign: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
"he prepared for great undertakings";
Similiar / Same: undertaking, task, labor
Categories: work
Within this category: adventure, assignment, baby, cinch, enterprise, labor of love, Manhattan Project, marathon, no-brainer, proposition, tall order, venture
How to sign: put or send forth
"She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light";
Similiar / Same: cast, contrive, throw
Within this category: shoot
