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to forge

to forge

56 4.7
To create a plan or idea after careful thought
  • verb
  • /fɔrdʒ/
translation icon : forjar
  • The social movements of the 1960s and early 1970s helped forge a new politics in Australia.
  • forge new relationships
  • forge links
  • forge identities

He forms and forges a relationship with her.

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Examples

  • And we ultimately forged a relationship with Franklin Templeton that absorbed this business.

  • Let these song patterns I've helped to forge become a road to healing!

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I want to forge my own path as a young person.

  • So crisis often helps parties to set aside their differences, and for a while they can work together and forge a new set of agreements.

  • Because the department was small, we just kind of forged our own path.

  • Yet my parents also forged in me a solution seeking attitude.

  • And in order to write with my left hand, I'm going to have to forge new neural pathways.

  • Results show that, with curriculum designed to emphasize utility and interest, students forged a high degree of motivation.

    Academic text (2012)
  • He has often spoken of the deep bonds forged in the services, such as with Corporal Ben McBean.

  • The partners worked together to forge a plan that would benefit both companies.

Synonyms

to design
vsto forge
2.6

To plan and make something so it looks and works as needed

applies to creating abstract ideas after deep thought rather than shaping physical form
to think of
vsto forge
866 2.1

Invent a plan or idea in your mind

involves deliberate creation after extended mental effort rather than casual thought
to invent
vsto forge
181 3.2

To make up a story or excuse that is not true

stresses careful effort and long thought rather than mere fabrication or imagination
to devise
vsto forge
135 4.8

To plan or invent something carefully

emphasizes effortful creation rather than only careful planning
to formulate
vsto forge
59 4.5

To create and describe an idea, plan, or theory clearly

focuses on making an idea through extended effort rather than clear expression
to think up
vsto forge
48 3.2

To make up an idea, plan, or excuse

requires considerable thought and effort rather than quick invention
to contrive
vsto forge
13 7.3

To invent a clever plan or excuse

involves sustained effortful creation rather than clever trickiness
to gestate
vsto forge
  • Formal
3 7.5

To think about an idea for a long time until it becomes clear

means to make after considerable thought rather than simple slow mental growth
to excogitate
vsto forge
  • Formal
9.9

To think very carefully to find a new idea or solution

focuses on long effort to create rather than only deep thought

Compounds

drop forge
  • Specialized
9.1

A heavy machine that shapes hot metal by dropping a large hammer

How Developed

to engineer
149 4.1
to formulate
59 4.5
to forge
56 4.7
to devise
135 4.8
to come up with
2.7

Surface Forms

forge infinitive
forged past
forged past participle
forging present participle
forges third person singular

Etymology

Forge is used for making plans or ideas because it is like shaping metal: you 'forge' a plan by working and shaping it until it takes form. So to 'forge' an idea means to create it after much effort.