invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
has invented
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present perfectof invent (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When it comes to Sir David’s career, he says, it is not possible to succeed someone who has invented the form.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
This version, instead of toiling away teaching distracted undergrads, is a prize-winning scientist who, among his various accomplishments, has invented a box that can superposition people into parallel worlds.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2024
This simple, modest, and therefore truly majestic figure could not fit into that false form of the European hero, the imaginary ruler of the people, which history has invented.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2024
The team has invented a simple "one pot" process to break down mixtures of petroleum-based and bio-based plastics using naturally derived salt solutions paired with specialized microbes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
He has invented a trench and a theory of defensive warfare, but in that courtly company few will listen.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
