Word Frequency
invent (ɪnˈvɛnt
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Definitions
verb
- to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)
- to make up (falsehoods); fabricate
Derived Forms
inˈventible, inˈventable adjectiveWord Origin
C15: from Latin invenīre to find, come upon, from in-² + venīre to comeSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'invent'
- British English: invent If you invent something, you are the first person to think of it or make it.He invented the first electric clock.ɪnˈvɛnt VERB
- Arabic: يَخْتَرِعُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: inventar
- Chinese: 发明
- Croatian: izumiti
- Czech: vynalézt vynalézat
- Danish: opfinde
- Dutch: uitvindenbedenken
- European Spanish: inventar
- Finnish: keksiä
- French: inventer
- German: erfinden
- Greek: εφευρίσκω
- Italian: inventare
- Japanese: 発明する
- Korean: 발명하다
- Norwegian: finne opp
- Polish: wynaleźć wynajdować
- Portuguese: inventar
- Romanian: a inventa
- Russian: изобретать
- Spanish: inventar
- Swedish: uppfinna
- Thai: ประดิษฐ์
- Turkish: icat etmek
- Ukrainian: винаходити винайти
- Vietnamese: phát minh
Example Sentences Including 'invent'
CRICKET'S top techno wizard insists he could invent a device to check for no-balls.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Design engineers had to invent better aluminum alloys for the outer skin.Ottawa Sun (2003)
God labours in the production of the universe, God labours to create time and differentiation, God labours to invent plants and animals.Treasure in the Field
He says: "I was an only child so I had to use my imagination and invent my own stories growing up.Sun, News of the World (2001)
No artist, however brilliant, can invent any of these things.Spiked (2004)
Nothing is publicized without the government's okay - and that includes the "facts" as they invent them.Toronto Sun (2003)
Procane will have to invent a convincing reason for crossing the Atlantic -- the first stage of his journey to reach us.Cover Story
The man had clearly been unstable, anyway; and you could hardly invent a more poisoned source.In Love and War
The things I will invent will be, I suspect, mundane by comparison with the truth.GALILEE (2001)
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