invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
am inventing
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present progressiveof invent (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Nan Doylovich: The cyborg Loser I am inventing to enable me to dominate the Style Invitational!
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
I myself am inventing an unemotional roller coaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, over here,” Mr. Wonka went on, skipping excitedly across the room to the opposite wall, “over here I am inventing a completely new line in toffees!”
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
I am inventing a plan for moving boats through the water without labour.”
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by A.W. Cooper
I am inventing a machine that will make a noise like a trolley-car and a smell like a sewer.
From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Robert J. C. Stead
