invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
is inventing
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present progressiveof invent (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This period piece almost seems to believe Agnes is inventing each emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
He is inventing himself as a British person to feel better, which has the effect on a British audience of 'Yes we are better, just by way of speaking'.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
When you buy a high-growth, innovative company, the recipe for failure in any acquisition like that is: screw with the passionate founder that is inventing and growing this brand.
From The Verge ● Oct. 12, 2021
“The Census Bureau is inventing imaginary threats to confidentiality to sharply reduce public access to data,” Ruggles said.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2021
It has seen many shipwrecks, and now it is inventing.
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman
