English

Detailed Synonyms for invent in English

invent:

to invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)

  1. to invent
    to invent; to contrive; to devise; to make up
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • devise verb (devises, devised, devising)
    • make up verb (makes up, made up, making up)
  2. to invent
    to invent
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
  3. to invent
    to change; to interchange; to alter; to transform; to vary; to invent; to create; to make
    • change verb (changes, changed, changing)
    • interchange verb (interchanges, interchanged, interchanging)
    • alter verb (alters, altered, altering)
    • transform verb (transforms, transformed, transforming)
    • vary verb (varies, varied, varying)
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • create verb (creates, created, creating)
    • make verb (makes, made, making)
    to switch
    – the act of changing one thing or position for another 1
    • switch verb (switches, switched, switching)
      • his switch on abortion cost him the election1
  4. to invent
    to make; to create; to conceptualize; to construct; to prepare; to manufacture; to design; to invent; to conceptualise
    • make verb (makes, made, making)
    • create verb (creates, created, creating)
    • conceptualize verb, American (conceptualizes, conceptualized, conceptualizing)
    • construct verb (constructs, constructed, constructing)
    • prepare verb (prepares, prepared, preparing)
    • manufacture verb (manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing)
    • design verb (designs, designed, designing)
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • conceptualise verb, British
  5. to invent
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    to devise; to forge; to invent; to contrive; to formulate; excogitate
    – come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 1
    • devise verb (devises, devised, devising)
    • forge verb (forges, forged, forging)
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • formulate verb (formulates, formulated, formulating)
    • excogitate verb
      • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light1
  6. to invent
    – make up something artificial or untrue 1
    to manufacture; to invent; to make up; to fabricate; cook up
    – make up something artificial or untrue 1
    • manufacture verb (manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing)
    • invent verb (invents, invented, inventing)
    • make up verb (makes up, made up, making up)
    • fabricate verb (fabricates, fabricated, fabricating)
    • cook up verb

Conjugations for invent:

present
  1. invent
  2. invent
  3. invents
  4. invent
  5. invent
  6. invent
simple past
  1. invented
  2. invented
  3. invented
  4. invented
  5. invented
  6. invented
present perfect
  1. have invented
  2. have invented
  3. has invented
  4. have invented
  5. have invented
  6. have invented
past continuous
  1. was inventing
  2. were inventing
  3. was inventing
  4. were inventing
  5. were inventing
  6. were inventing
future
  1. shall invent
  2. will invent
  3. will invent
  4. shall invent
  5. will invent
  6. will invent
continuous present
  1. am inventing
  2. are inventing
  3. is inventing
  4. are inventing
  5. are inventing
  6. are inventing
subjunctive
  1. be invented
  2. be invented
  3. be invented
  4. be invented
  5. be invented
  6. be invented
diverse
  1. invent!
  2. let's invent!
  3. invented
  4. inventing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

invent [the ~] noun

  1. the invent
    the invent; the dishing up

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Related Definitions for "invent":

  1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort1
  2. make up something artificial or untrue1