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Meanings of
invent
in English
Portuguese
formular
Catalan
formular
Spanish
formular
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To use the intellect to plan or design something.
forge
devise
contrive
formulate
excogitate
Portuguese
formular
Portuguese
inventar
Spanish
inventar
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To make up something artificial or untrue.
manufacture
fabricate
cook up
make up
Portuguese
inventar
Usage of
invent
in English
1
This project attempted to
invent
a general way to add security modules.
2
You can even
invent
your own and order it a week ahead.
3
With the proper supplies, perhaps we can still
invent
the perfect society.
4
He pulled himself together and started to
invent
his new, urgent mission.
5
I
invent
the excuse, and the conscience of the priest accepts it.
6
Isis did not
invent
the idea of a holy war or crusade.
7
Just believe me, do yourself a favor, don't
invent
that time machine.
8
If Travellers did not exist, Irish society would have to
invent
them.
9
Mr Tubbs explained that there was no need to
invent
further stories.
10
Try to
invent
new ways of expressing the old things in movement.
11
It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to
invent
but never did.
12
We walked around the gardens and decided to
invent
a new language.
13
We remember the details of our story, we do not
invent
them.
14
One small child in the dark can
invent
more hells than Swedenborg.
15
At the way she could
invent
a whole story on the spot.
16
I didn't
invent
the entertainment industry, I'm just telling you the rules.
Other examples for "invent"
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invent
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
invent new
invent things
invent a lie
invent such
invent stories
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Translations for
invent
Portuguese
formular
inventar
Catalan
formular
inventar
idear
tramar
Spanish
formular
inventar
idear
Invent
through the time
Invent
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common