invent
To design a new process or mechanism.
Other meanings
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
To come upon; to find; to discover.
Related words
- coinvent
- disinvent
- innovent
- inventable
- inventful
- inventible
- outinvent
- uninvent
- not invented here
- why God invented
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "inventus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “invent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.