verb [VN]
1 to produce or design sth that has not existed before:
Who invented the steam engine? * I wish mobile phones had never been invented! -< DISCOVER
2 to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to deceive people:
What excuse did he invent this time? * Many children invent an imaginary friend.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for invent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does invent appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — invent appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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