invent
[ in-vent ]
/ ɪnˈvɛnt /
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story.
to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false): to invent excuses.
Archaic. to come upon; find.
RELATED CONTENT
Who Invented The Crossword?Arthur Wynne is usually credited with inventing the crossword. His first puzzle, called a word-cross, was published in December 1913 in the New York World. But there may have been other predecessors to the crossword: in England in the 19th century and an Italian version called per passare il tempo, which means “to pass the time.” Word crosses eventually became known as crosswords, and their creators …
Nearby words
invective, invectively, inveigh, inveigle, invenit, invent, invent the wheel, invention, inventive, inventively, inventor
Origin of invent
SYNONYMS FOR invent
Related forms
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for invent
British Dictionary definitions for invent
invent
/ (ɪnˈvɛnt) /
verb
to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)
to make up (falsehoods); fabricate
Derived Forms
inventible or inventable, adjectiveWord Origin for invent
C15: from Latin invenīre to find, come upon, from in- ² + venīre to come
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012