invent
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invent
- /ɪnˈvɛnt/
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
verb invents · inventing · invented · invent
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To design a new process or mechanism.
After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
Similar: conceive
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To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
Similar: make up, manufacture, spin
- To come upon; to find; to discover. Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].
Similar: fangle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: devise, formulate, contrive, excogitate, fabricate, manufacture, make up, forge, cook up, create, discover, develop, imagine, make, find, construct
verb
Similar: fangle
Translations
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verb design a new process or mechanism
| Español | inventar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 발명하다 balmyeong-hada |
| 日本語 | 発明する hatsumei-suru |
| 中文 | 發明 /发明 fāmíng |
| Português | inventar |
| Français | inventer |
| Deutsch | erfinden |
| Italiano | inventare |
| Ελληνικά | εφευρίσκω efevrísko |
| Română | scorni, născoci, inventa |
| Русский | изобрета́ть izobretátʹ, изобрести́ izobrestí, создава́ть sozdavátʹ, созда́ть sozdátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phát minh |
| العربية | اِخْتَرَعَ iḵtaraʕa |
verb create something fictional
| Español | inventar |
|---|---|
| Français | inventer |
| Deutsch | ausdenken, erfinden |
| Italiano | creare, ideare |
| Русский | выду́мывать vydúmyvatʹ, вы́думать výdumatʹ, сочиня́ть sočinjátʹ, сочини́ть sočinítʹ, измышля́ть izmyšljátʹ, измы́слить izmýslitʹ |
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title = {invent},
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