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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
Derived Forms
- ˈԳپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·Գi· ·Գa· adjective
- dzܳi·Գ verb (used with object)
- i·Գ verb (used with object)
- -·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲi·ԳĻ adjective
- ɱ-·ԳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of invent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He has denied the charges and accused the authorities of "inventing evidence to justify stealing the election".
“And he was enthusiastic, too. I don’t think there’s any cuts in that video. I think it’s just three minutes, like a pop song. He invented the form.”
Mr Bruton has over a million subscribers on YouTube and said he been inventing ever since he was a child.
She invented a new identity - Raymond Lloyd - and disguised herself with a wig, body suit and "croaky" voice.
“They invented a fiction and placed us in there as if we were characters in a badly written novel,” she said this week.
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