English

Detailed Synonyms for invent in English

invent:

to invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)

  1. to invent
    to invent; to contrive; to devise; to make up
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verbe (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • devise verbe (devises, devised, devising)
    • make up verbe (makes up, made up, making up)
  2. to invent
    to invent
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
  3. to invent
    to change; to interchange; to alter; to transform; to vary; to invent; to create; to make
    • change verbe (changes, changed, changing)
    • interchange verbe (interchanges, interchanged, interchanging)
    • alter verbe (alters, altered, altering)
    • transform verbe (transforms, transformed, transforming)
    • vary verbe (varies, varied, varying)
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
    • create verbe (creates, created, creating)
    • make verbe (makes, made, making)
    to switch
    – the act of changing one thing or position for another 1
    • switch verbe (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 verbe (makes, made, making)
    • create verbe (creates, created, creating)
    • conceptualize verbe, américain (conceptualizes, conceptualized, conceptualizing)
    • construct verbe (constructs, constructed, constructing)
    • prepare verbe (prepares, prepared, preparing)
    • manufacture verbe (manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing)
    • design verbe (designs, designed, designing)
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
    • conceptualise verbe, britannique
  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 verbe (devises, devised, devising)
    • forge verbe (forges, forged, forging)
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
    • contrive verbe (contrives, contrived, contriving)
    • formulate verbe (formulates, formulated, formulating)
    • excogitate verbe
      • 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 verbe (manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing)
    • invent verbe (invents, invented, inventing)
    • make up verbe (makes up, made up, making up)
    • fabricate verbe (fabricates, fabricated, fabricating)
    • cook up verbe

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 ~] nom

  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