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invent
[in-vent]
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
to invent the telegraph.
Synonyms: ,to produce or create with the imagination.
to invent a story.
Synonyms: ,to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false).
to invent excuses.
Synonyms:Archaic.to come upon; find.
invent
/ ɪˈɛԳ /
verb
to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)
to make up (falsehoods); fabricate
Other 51Թ Forms
- inventible adjective
- inventable adjective
- outinvent verb (used with object)
- preinvent verb (used with object)
- self-invented adjective
- uninvented adjective
- well-invented adjective
- ˈԳپ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of invent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Sir Geoff's academic work saw him invent the barley abrasion process - which involves deliberately damaging the protective husk of grains to speed up the process of malting.
Dakota Johnson is my favorite seductress, a femme fatale of a flavor that didn’t exist until she invented it.
It’s been said that Brian invented the state of California, the state of mind.
He didn’t invent the car or the surfboard.
With immigrants filling jobs, it frees up others to invent, create new patents and figure out ways to make the economy more efficient, which generates wealth.
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