What does invent mean?
Definitions for invent
ɪnˈvɛntin·vent
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Princeton's WordNet
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge(verb)
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent(verb)
make up something artificial or untrue
Wiktionary
invent(Verb)
To design a new process or mechanism.
After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
Etymology: From inventen, from inventer, from inventus, perfect passive participle of invenio, from in + venio; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
invent(Verb)
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
Etymology: From inventen, from inventer, from inventus, perfect passive participle of invenio, from in + venio; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
invent(Verb)
To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.
Etymology: From inventen, from inventer, from inventus, perfect passive participle of invenio, from in + venio; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
Webster Dictionary
Invent(verb)
to come or light upon; to meet; to find
Invent(verb)
to discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine
Invent(verb)
to frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Invent
in-vent′, v.t. to devise or contrive: to make: to frame: to fabricate: to forge.—adj. Inven′tible.—n. Inven′tion, that which is invented: contrivance: a deceit: power or faculty of inventing: ability displayed by any invention or effort of the imagination.—adj. Inven′tive, able to invent: ready in contrivance.—adv. Inven′tively.—ns. Inven′tiveness; Inven′tor, Inven′ter, one who invents or finds out something new:—fem. Inven′tress.—Invention of the Cross, a festival observed on May 3, in commemoration of the alleged discovery of the true cross at Jerusalem in 326 by Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. [Fr.,—L. invenīre, inventum—in, upon, venīre, to come.]
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'invent' in Verbs Frequency: #752
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of invent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of invent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of invent in a Sentence
A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.
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He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
So Ryder Cup tells me something must be working, why would you try and invent the wheel and come up with a different format for Ryder Cup ? It would almost be like saying,' Why don't we have eight-round golf tournaments instead of four-round golf tournaments, let's try that ?' .
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
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- uitvindAfrikaans
- اخترعArabic
- inventarCatalan, Valencian
- vynaléztCzech
- erfinden, ausdenkenGerman
- inventiEsperanto
- inventarSpanish
- finna upp, hugsa uppFaroese
- inventerFrench
- cumIrish
- feltalál, kitalálHungarian
- finna uppIcelandic
- inventareItalian
- 発明するJapanese
- 발명Korean
- пронаоѓа, изумува, измислуваMacedonian
- കണ്ടുപിടിയ്ക്കുകMalayalam
- bedenken, uitdenken, uitvinden, verzinnenDutch
- oppfinneNorwegian
- wynaleźćPolish
- inventarPortuguese
- scorni, născoci, inventaRomanian
- изобретать, изобрестиRussian
- izumiti, iznajtiSlovene
- uppfinnaSwedish
- phát minhVietnamese
- datuvönVolapük
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