invent
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
invent verb: to design a new process or mechanism.
Verb
invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)
- To design a new process or mechanism.
- After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
- Accurſt be he that firſt inuented warc. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- conceive
- To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
- I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
- We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
- Synonyms:
- make up, manufacture, spin
- To come upon; to find; to discover.
- Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
invent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
invent in Hindi
- आविष्कार करना
invent in Tamil
- design a new process or mechanism
- கண்டுபிடி kaṇṭupiṭi
- create something fictional
- கண்டுபிடி kaṇṭupiṭi
invent in Urdu
- to invent, create, prepare
- اتارنا utārnā
invent in Bengali
- উদ্ভাবন করা, নতুন কিছু তৈরি করা, মিথ্যা রচনা করা
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- invent in Telugu
- కల్పించు kalpiñcu
- invent in Malayalam
- കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക kaṇṭupiṭikkuka
- invent in Kannada
- ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರಮಾಡು, ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿ, ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿ, ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸು
- invent in Punjabi
- کڈھنا kaḍḍhṇā
- invent in Odia
- ଉଦ୍ଭାବନ କରିବା
- invent in Assamese
- সাজ xaz
- invent in Arabic
- اِخْتَرَعَ iḵtaraʕa
- invent in Thai
- คิดค้น kít-kón
- invent in Vietnamese
- phát minh
Examples of invent in a sentence
- I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
- He fears the dark, so he invented a longer-lasting light bulb.
- The company that invented the category remains a name brand to this day.
Synonyms of invent
Forms of invent
| third-person singular present | invents |
|---|---|
| present participle | inventing |
| past participle | invented |
| past | invented |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | inventest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | inventedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | inventeth |
Origin of invent
From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
Words formed from invent
Words that rhyme with invent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about invent
- What does invent mean?
- Invent means to design a new process or mechanism.
- What is invent in Hindi?
- Invent in Hindi is आविष्कार करना. See Invent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is invent?
- Invent is a verb.
- How do you pronounce invent?
- Invent is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛnt/.
- What is the past tense of invent?
- The past tense of invent is invented.
Words near invent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: invent (page history and authors); invent (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اتارنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Invent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కల్పించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); invent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کڈھنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); invent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); সাজ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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