invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
have invented
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present perfectof invent.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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Scientists in London have invented what they claim is the world's first fully biodegradable party balloon.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Kircher, the authors add, even claimed to have invented another music-making ark, more powerful and capacious—and secret—available “only for princes and worthy friends.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The group also faces increased competition from copycats in supermarkets, as well as from rival Select, which claims to have invented the spritz in Venice in 1920.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“What we have invented is very dangerous but we can dismantle it,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Of course, Newcomen could have invented all this and more; after all, he worked on his new engine for some fourteen years before he was ready to put it into public operation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
