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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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 here is a way of measuring information that comes into neurons from different sources, and that's been a critical part missing from neuroscience research."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
In a park on the lakefront there used to be a statue representing Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the unknown person or persons who claim to have invented the crypto currency back in 2008.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
A small country with a decent claim to have invented the modern world, from the telephone to economics, its greatest asset has always been its people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
We have seen that science is an enterprise we have invented and agreed to play by certain rules.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
