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verb (used with object)
1.
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
2.
to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story.
3.
to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false): to invent excuses.
4.
Archaic. to come upon; find.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English invented (past participle) found, discovered (see -ed2) < Latin inventus, past participle of invenīre to encounter, come upon, find, equivalent to in- in-2 + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
1425–75; late Middle English invented (past participle) found, discovered (see -ed2) < Latin inventus, past participle of invenīre to encounter, come upon, find, equivalent to in- in-2 + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
in·vent·i·ble, in·vent·a·ble, adjective
out·in·vent, verb (used with object)
pre·in·vent, verb (used with object)
self-in·vent·ed, adjective
un·in·vent·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc) |
| 2. | to make up (falsehoods); fabricate |
| [C15: from Latin invenīre to find, come upon, from | |
| in'ventible | |
| —adj | |
| in'ventable | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
His research was so current and new that much of the time he invented his exploration equipment as he went.
Thus dark matter was invented to get answers to a problem.
To the best of my knowledge, this technique and the software to do it was invented and perfected by amateurs.
Since semiconductors are elements or compounds, they were not invented by people.
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