invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
invented
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past participleof invent.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof invent.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
inventverb (used with object)to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
Example Sentences
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That you don’t want to be accepting fancy pens or, like, gorgeous gold earrings or an airplane, which wasn’t invented yet.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The movie has invented its own intuitive archetype, so that now they all find themselves saying, “That’s so ‘wrong girls’” in certain situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Yes, that Lee Kum Kee, the ones that invented oyster sauce.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
In 1856 the British engineer Henry Bessemer invented a process for the mass-production of steel, and the material became cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
A lighter that wouldn’t be invented for another two hundred years.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
