ALL meanings of invent
in·vent
I i - noun invent Create or design (something that has not existed before ); be the originator of. 1
- transitive verb invent new things 1
- transitive verb invent lies 1
- verb with object invent to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph. 1
- verb with object invent to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story. 1
- verb with object invent to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false): to invent excuses. 1
- verb with object invent Archaic. to come upon; find. 1
- verb invent To design a new process or mechanism. 0
- verb invent To create something fictional for a particular purpose. 0
- verb invent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover. 0
- verb invent If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. 0
- verb invent If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not. 0
- verb invent to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc) 0
- verb invent to make up (falsehoods); fabricate 0
- verb transitive invent to think up; devise or fabricate in the mind 0
- verb transitive invent to think out or produce (a new device, process, etc.); originate, as by experiment; devise for the first time 0
- verb transitive invent to find; discover 0