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inventinvent /ɪnˈvɛnt/ ●●● S3 W3 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYinventOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of invenire to come upon, find, from venire to come VERB TABLEinvent |
| Present | I, you, we, they | invent | | he, she, it | invents | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | invented | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have invented | | he, she, it | has invented | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had invented | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will invent | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have invented |
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| Present | I | am inventing | | he, she, it | is inventing | | you, we, they | are inventing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was inventing | | you, we, they | were inventing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inventing | | he, she, it | has been inventing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inventing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inventing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inventing |
THESAURUSto make or design something new for the first time► inventto make or design something new for the first time: Who invented the personal computer? The children invented a new game. ► create to invent or design something: The chicken dish was created by our new chef. ► come up with (also think up) informal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new. Think up sounds more informal than come up with: Teachers constantly have to think up new ways to keep the kids interested. Carson said he came up with the idea for the book about five years ago. ► conceive formal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new: It was Dr. Salk who conceived the idea of a polio vaccine. ► devise formal to plan or invent a way of doing something: He devised a set of gates that the water could push through when the pressure became high. ► innovate to invent or begin using new ideas, equipment, or ways of doing something: Firms need to innovate to keep the attention of the market. ► dream something up informal to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one: The company’s name was dreamed up by Harris’s 15-year-old daughter. 1to make or design something new for the first time: Who invented the personal computer? The children invented a new game.THESAURUScreate – to invent or design something: The chicken dish was created by our new chef.come up with (also think up) informal – to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new. Think up sounds more informal than come up with: Teachers constantly have to think up new ways to keep the kids interested. Carson said he came up with the idea for the book about five years ago.conceive formal – to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new: It was Dr. Salk who conceived the idea of a polio vaccine.devise formal – to plan or invent a way of doing something: He devised a set of gates that the water could push through when the pressure became high.innovate – to invent or begin using new ideas, equipment, or ways of doing something: Firms need to innovate to keep the attention of the market.dream something up informal – to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one: The company’s name was dreamed up by Harris’s 15-year-old daughter.2to think of an idea, story, etc. that is not true, usually in order to deceive people: Kai invented some excuse about having a headache.► see thesaurus at lie2 [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin, past participle of invenire to come upon, find, from venire to come] |