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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Hall was hired to be Delbis’ on-set access and creative coach, a job she believes she has invented, meant to make the experience for neurodivergent and disabled actors easier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
A 13-year-old schoolboy has invented a Lego robot that can solve a Rubik's cube.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
I read in the newspaper that Mr. Thomas Edison of New Jersey has invented a lamp that runs on electricity instead of oil.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
