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inventing

/ˈɪnvɛntɪŋ/

inventing is the present participle and gerund of invent.

Meaning of invent

Verb

invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)

  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
    • After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
    Synonyms:
    conceive
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
    • I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
  3. (obsolete) 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

Questions about inventing

What is inventing the present participle and gerund of?
Inventing is the present participle and gerund of invent.
How do you pronounce inventing?
Inventing is pronounced /ˈɪnvɛntɪŋ/.

Words near inventing in the dictionary

  1. inventers
  2. inventest
  3. inventeth
  4. inventful
  5. inventible
  6. inventing
  7. inventio
  8. invention
  9. Invention of the Cross
  10. inventional
  11. inventioneer

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