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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•vent /ɪnˈvɛnt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to produce for the first time, as a result of one's own ingenuity and effort:Edison is usually credited with inventing the light bulb.
- to make up or think up (something false):quick at inventing excuses
in•ven•tor, n. [countable]See -ven-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•vent (in vent′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance:to invent the telegraph.
- to produce or create with the imagination:to invent a story.
- to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false):to invent excuses.
- [Archaic.]to come upon;
find.
- Latin inventus, past participle of invenīre to encounter, come upon, find, equivalent. to in- in-2 + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English invented (past participle) found, discovered (see -ed2) 1425–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged devise, contrive. See discover.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imagine, conceive.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged concoct.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/ vb - to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)
- to make up (falsehoods); fabricate
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin invenīre to find, come upon, from in-² + venīre to comeinˈventible, inˈventable adj |