Definition of invent in English:

invent

verb ɪnˈvɛntɪnˈvɛnt

[with object]

1Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.
he invented an improved form of the steam engine
Example sentencesExamples
- He was born Jay Gatz but repudiated his origins and background while inventing a grand new persona.
- Creativity comes from recognizing or inventing problems that require innovative uses of tools.
- I believe somebody once said, ‘If religion did not exist man would have to invent it’.
- If extreme sports didn't exist big business would have to invent them.
- We think that we have the right resources to be creative and invent innovative solutions.
- He even turned his hand to inventing, designing, among other things, a device for raising sunken vessels and a smoke helmet for firemen.
- Anyone who wants to make a better mousetrap has to invent around existing mousetrap patents.
- Beside him, and like him focused on the eggs, is the original movie camera invented by Lumière.
- Although Allen Lane did not invent the idea, he was certainly responsible for its initial success.
- We knew that we wanted to invent something that would be a leap ahead in design and effectiveness.
- Above all, I admire the fact that when an exact word doesn't exist, he calmly invents one.
- Making the wooden soccer ball involved developing wood-cutting techniques and inventing a new type of glue.
- As it happens, he is in the process of inventing a new form of education, designed to help us all become generalists rather than specialists.
- Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things.
- Anyway, the point Marwick is making is that the historian does not create or invent the structure found in the history text.
- Destiny leads you to discovering cures and inventing life saving devices.
- Whenever someone invents something there are always going to be people out there trying to exploit that invention for evil intent.
- Do we really need to create artificial scarcity by inventing awards that only some kids can receive?
- To them, innovation seems to mean inventing something never before seen on Earth.
- The test that he came up with was a series of tasks, like counting coins, inventing things.
Synonyms
originate, create, innovate, design, devise, contrive, formulate, develop
conceive, think up, come up with, hit on, mastermind, pioneer
discover, find
coin, mint
informal dream up
1. 1.1 Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone.
  I did not have to invent any tales about my past
  Example sentencesExamples
  He invents a story about an underdog boxer and his manager.
  So he invents another name, common to them and him, such as ‘man,’ and leaves ‘giant’ to the fictitious object that impressed him during his illusion.
  In the evenings he has dinner with his mom and creatively invents stories about Rudy Sr., the father he's never met.
  She asked, inventing a street name so that the girl would not be able to say without looking at the map.
  When coming across names one has never heard of, one invents stories about Markson's following behind the epitaphic perspective.
  McCafferty invents a place name model he associates with the authority of Lounsbury, where no association exits.
  To stay in the house, she invents the story that she is a runaway juvenile delinquent, and kind of blackmails the goodhearted Prof. Patterson, who is all worried about propriety.
  I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping.
  I invented the story of this Roman woman who went to a fort south of Hadrian's Wall to join her husband.
  Karnad also invents a frame story to exaggerate the literary themes and meanings in the central episode, and it is this frame that gives the play its name.
  This does not stop the person from giving a ‘sensible’ response: He or she examines the relevant output and invents a story to account for it.
  He asks Huck why he was following the men, and Huck invents a story.
  It is also Victorio who takes away Pilar and Gabriel's child and invents an elaborate story so that the child may be raised in legitimacy.
  Pari, in turn, would invent long stories and narrate them to her friend.
  She invents outlandish stories to get the sympathy and attention she craves.
  Kedar, unable to tell the truth, invents a story: Attar Singh has sent Panna Lal to Bombay on business.
  On Sunday nights my mother used to read us a Bible story and only after that would she agree to my father inventing a serial story aided by the family.
  Emily Elizabeth's friend Jetta finds she has to keep telling more lies after she invents a story about a pet parrot who is even bigger than Clifford.
  He's a very reserved young man, so people talk and they invent funny tales about him.
  Last year, police said So confessed during interrogation to inventing her story because she wanted to write a novel.
  Synonyms
  make up, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up, manufacture
  informal cook up

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'find out, discover'): from Latin invent- 'contrived, discovered', from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'.

Definition of invent in US English:

invent

verbɪnˈvɛntinˈvent

[with object]

1Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.
he invented an improved form of the steam engine
Example sentencesExamples
- He even turned his hand to inventing, designing, among other things, a device for raising sunken vessels and a smoke helmet for firemen.
- Creativity comes from recognizing or inventing problems that require innovative uses of tools.
- The test that he came up with was a series of tasks, like counting coins, inventing things.
- Do we really need to create artificial scarcity by inventing awards that only some kids can receive?
- I believe somebody once said, ‘If religion did not exist man would have to invent it’.
- Above all, I admire the fact that when an exact word doesn't exist, he calmly invents one.
- If extreme sports didn't exist big business would have to invent them.
- We knew that we wanted to invent something that would be a leap ahead in design and effectiveness.
- Anyone who wants to make a better mousetrap has to invent around existing mousetrap patents.
- Whenever someone invents something there are always going to be people out there trying to exploit that invention for evil intent.
- Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things.
- He was born Jay Gatz but repudiated his origins and background while inventing a grand new persona.
- As it happens, he is in the process of inventing a new form of education, designed to help us all become generalists rather than specialists.
- We think that we have the right resources to be creative and invent innovative solutions.
- Destiny leads you to discovering cures and inventing life saving devices.
- To them, innovation seems to mean inventing something never before seen on Earth.
- Making the wooden soccer ball involved developing wood-cutting techniques and inventing a new type of glue.
- Anyway, the point Marwick is making is that the historian does not create or invent the structure found in the history text.
- Beside him, and like him focused on the eggs, is the original movie camera invented by Lumière.
- Although Allen Lane did not invent the idea, he was certainly responsible for its initial success.
Synonyms
originate, create, innovate, design, devise, contrive, formulate, develop
1. 1.1 Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone.
  I did not have to invent any tales about my past
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping.
  In the evenings he has dinner with his mom and creatively invents stories about Rudy Sr., the father he's never met.
  Emily Elizabeth's friend Jetta finds she has to keep telling more lies after she invents a story about a pet parrot who is even bigger than Clifford.
  When coming across names one has never heard of, one invents stories about Markson's following behind the epitaphic perspective.
  McCafferty invents a place name model he associates with the authority of Lounsbury, where no association exits.
  So he invents another name, common to them and him, such as ‘man,’ and leaves ‘giant’ to the fictitious object that impressed him during his illusion.
  Kedar, unable to tell the truth, invents a story: Attar Singh has sent Panna Lal to Bombay on business.
  To stay in the house, she invents the story that she is a runaway juvenile delinquent, and kind of blackmails the goodhearted Prof. Patterson, who is all worried about propriety.
  Karnad also invents a frame story to exaggerate the literary themes and meanings in the central episode, and it is this frame that gives the play its name.
  Last year, police said So confessed during interrogation to inventing her story because she wanted to write a novel.
  On Sunday nights my mother used to read us a Bible story and only after that would she agree to my father inventing a serial story aided by the family.
  I invented the story of this Roman woman who went to a fort south of Hadrian's Wall to join her husband.
  She invents outlandish stories to get the sympathy and attention she craves.
  It is also Victorio who takes away Pilar and Gabriel's child and invents an elaborate story so that the child may be raised in legitimacy.
  She asked, inventing a street name so that the girl would not be able to say without looking at the map.
  Pari, in turn, would invent long stories and narrate them to her friend.
  He's a very reserved young man, so people talk and they invent funny tales about him.
  This does not stop the person from giving a ‘sensible’ response: He or she examines the relevant output and invents a story to account for it.
  He asks Huck why he was following the men, and Huck invents a story.
  He invents a story about an underdog boxer and his manager.
  Synonyms
  make up, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up, manufacture

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.

单词	invent
释义	Definition of invent in English: invent verb ɪnˈvɛntɪnˈvɛnt [with object] 1Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of. he invented an improved form of the steam engine Example sentencesExamples He was born Jay Gatz but repudiated his origins and background while inventing a grand new persona. Creativity comes from recognizing or inventing problems that require innovative uses of tools. I believe somebody once said, ‘If religion did not exist man would have to invent it’. If extreme sports didn't exist big business would have to invent them. We think that we have the right resources to be creative and invent innovative solutions. He even turned his hand to inventing, designing, among other things, a device for raising sunken vessels and a smoke helmet for firemen. Anyone who wants to make a better mousetrap has to invent around existing mousetrap patents. Beside him, and like him focused on the eggs, is the original movie camera invented by Lumière. Although Allen Lane did not invent the idea, he was certainly responsible for its initial success. We knew that we wanted to invent something that would be a leap ahead in design and effectiveness. Above all, I admire the fact that when an exact word doesn't exist, he calmly invents one. Making the wooden soccer ball involved developing wood-cutting techniques and inventing a new type of glue. As it happens, he is in the process of inventing a new form of education, designed to help us all become generalists rather than specialists. Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things. Anyway, the point Marwick is making is that the historian does not create or invent the structure found in the history text. Destiny leads you to discovering cures and inventing life saving devices. Whenever someone invents something there are always going to be people out there trying to exploit that invention for evil intent. Do we really need to create artificial scarcity by inventing awards that only some kids can receive? To them, innovation seems to mean inventing something never before seen on Earth. The test that he came up with was a series of tasks, like counting coins, inventing things. Synonyms originate, create, innovate, design, devise, contrive, formulate, develop conceive, think up, come up with, hit on, mastermind, pioneer discover, find coin, mint informal dream up 1.1 Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone. I did not have to invent any tales about my past Example sentencesExamples He invents a story about an underdog boxer and his manager. So he invents another name, common to them and him, such as ‘man,’ and leaves ‘giant’ to the fictitious object that impressed him during his illusion. In the evenings he has dinner with his mom and creatively invents stories about Rudy Sr., the father he's never met. She asked, inventing a street name so that the girl would not be able to say without looking at the map. When coming across names one has never heard of, one invents stories about Markson's following behind the epitaphic perspective. McCafferty invents a place name model he associates with the authority of Lounsbury, where no association exits. To stay in the house, she invents the story that she is a runaway juvenile delinquent, and kind of blackmails the goodhearted Prof. Patterson, who is all worried about propriety. I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping. I invented the story of this Roman woman who went to a fort south of Hadrian's Wall to join her husband. Karnad also invents a frame story to exaggerate the literary themes and meanings in the central episode, and it is this frame that gives the play its name. This does not stop the person from giving a ‘sensible’ response: He or she examines the relevant output and invents a story to account for it. He asks Huck why he was following the men, and Huck invents a story. It is also Victorio who takes away Pilar and Gabriel's child and invents an elaborate story so that the child may be raised in legitimacy. Pari, in turn, would invent long stories and narrate them to her friend. She invents outlandish stories to get the sympathy and attention she craves. Kedar, unable to tell the truth, invents a story: Attar Singh has sent Panna Lal to Bombay on business. On Sunday nights my mother used to read us a Bible story and only after that would she agree to my father inventing a serial story aided by the family. Emily Elizabeth's friend Jetta finds she has to keep telling more lies after she invents a story about a pet parrot who is even bigger than Clifford. He's a very reserved young man, so people talk and they invent funny tales about him. Last year, police said So confessed during interrogation to inventing her story because she wanted to write a novel. Synonyms make up, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up, manufacture informal cook up Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'find out, discover'): from Latin invent- 'contrived, discovered', from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'. Definition of invent in US English: invent verbɪnˈvɛntinˈvent [with object] 1Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of. he invented an improved form of the steam engine Example sentencesExamples He even turned his hand to inventing, designing, among other things, a device for raising sunken vessels and a smoke helmet for firemen. Creativity comes from recognizing or inventing problems that require innovative uses of tools. The test that he came up with was a series of tasks, like counting coins, inventing things. Do we really need to create artificial scarcity by inventing awards that only some kids can receive? I believe somebody once said, ‘If religion did not exist man would have to invent it’. Above all, I admire the fact that when an exact word doesn't exist, he calmly invents one. If extreme sports didn't exist big business would have to invent them. We knew that we wanted to invent something that would be a leap ahead in design and effectiveness. Anyone who wants to make a better mousetrap has to invent around existing mousetrap patents. Whenever someone invents something there are always going to be people out there trying to exploit that invention for evil intent. Also, single word titles are often not unique, and I like inventing original things. He was born Jay Gatz but repudiated his origins and background while inventing a grand new persona. As it happens, he is in the process of inventing a new form of education, designed to help us all become generalists rather than specialists. We think that we have the right resources to be creative and invent innovative solutions. Destiny leads you to discovering cures and inventing life saving devices. To them, innovation seems to mean inventing something never before seen on Earth. Making the wooden soccer ball involved developing wood-cutting techniques and inventing a new type of glue. Anyway, the point Marwick is making is that the historian does not create or invent the structure found in the history text. Beside him, and like him focused on the eggs, is the original movie camera invented by Lumière. Although Allen Lane did not invent the idea, he was certainly responsible for its initial success. Synonyms originate, create, innovate, design, devise, contrive, formulate, develop 1.1 Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone. I did not have to invent any tales about my past Example sentencesExamples I have invented a name for my own highly individual style of present wrapping. In the evenings he has dinner with his mom and creatively invents stories about Rudy Sr., the father he's never met. Emily Elizabeth's friend Jetta finds she has to keep telling more lies after she invents a story about a pet parrot who is even bigger than Clifford. When coming across names one has never heard of, one invents stories about Markson's following behind the epitaphic perspective. McCafferty invents a place name model he associates with the authority of Lounsbury, where no association exits. So he invents another name, common to them and him, such as ‘man,’ and leaves ‘giant’ to the fictitious object that impressed him during his illusion. Kedar, unable to tell the truth, invents a story: Attar Singh has sent Panna Lal to Bombay on business. To stay in the house, she invents the story that she is a runaway juvenile delinquent, and kind of blackmails the goodhearted Prof. Patterson, who is all worried about propriety. Karnad also invents a frame story to exaggerate the literary themes and meanings in the central episode, and it is this frame that gives the play its name. Last year, police said So confessed during interrogation to inventing her story because she wanted to write a novel. On Sunday nights my mother used to read us a Bible story and only after that would she agree to my father inventing a serial story aided by the family. I invented the story of this Roman woman who went to a fort south of Hadrian's Wall to join her husband. She invents outlandish stories to get the sympathy and attention she craves. It is also Victorio who takes away Pilar and Gabriel's child and invents an elaborate story so that the child may be raised in legitimacy. She asked, inventing a street name so that the girl would not be able to say without looking at the map. Pari, in turn, would invent long stories and narrate them to her friend. He's a very reserved young man, so people talk and they invent funny tales about him. This does not stop the person from giving a ‘sensible’ response: He or she examines the relevant output and invents a story to account for it. He asks Huck why he was following the men, and Huck invents a story. He invents a story about an underdog boxer and his manager. Synonyms make up, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up, manufacture Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.
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