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invent

[ in-vent ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance:

    to invent the telegraph.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to produce or create with the imagination:

    to invent a story.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false):

    to invent excuses.

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  4. Archaic. to come upon; find.


invent

/ ɪˈɛԳ /

verb

  1. to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)
  2. to make up (falsehoods); fabricate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Գi· ·Գa· adjective
  • dzܳi·Գ verb (used with object)
  • i·Գ verb (used with object)
  • -·ԳĻ adjective
  • ܲi·ԳĻ adjective
  • ɱ-·ԳĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of invent1

First recorded in 1425–75; back formation from late Middle English invented (past participle) “found, discovered,” from Latin invent(us) “encountered” (past participle of Աī “to come upon, encounter, find,” from in- in- 2 + ī “to come”; come ) + -ed 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of invent1

C15: from Latin Աī to find, come upon, from in- ² + ī to come
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There’s even a reference to rocky road ice cream, invented in Oakland in 1929.

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There is the internet revolution upending business models and working patterns, inventing social media and concentrating vast wealth and influence among a clutch of global behemoths like Apple, Meta, Amazon and X.

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“That film invented a lot about what we take for granted as a great documentary,” the younger of the pair says.

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Open at the tender age of 20 over Harry Vardon, a British golf titan credited with inventing the modern grip and swing.

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“In his letters, he envisioned a safer future, and in his memoirs he invented a safer past,” Dunthorne writes, inching his way from condemnation to empathy.

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