invent

tr.v., -vent·ed, -vent·ing, -vents.

1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.
2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.

[Latin invenīre, invent-, to find : in-, on, upon; see in–² + venīre, to come.]

inventible in·vent'i·ble adj.
inventor in·ven'tor n.

verb

To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, make up, think up. Informal cook up. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.

v

Definition: create, think up
Antonyms: steal

v

Definition: fabricate
Antonyms: tell truth

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IN BRIEF: To make up devise first.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay

We can dream about an inventor, or about being an inventor, when we are trying to figure out something. Otherwise, an inventor can simply represent our own creativity.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opfinde, opdigte, finde på, udtænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitvinden, verzinnen

Français (French)
v. tr. - inventer, concocter

Deutsch (German)
v. - erfinden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εφευρίσκω, επινοώ (κν. σκαρφίζομαι), πλάθω

Italiano (Italian)
inventare, escogitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inventar

Русский (Russian)
изобретать, выдумывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inventar, idear, imaginar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppfinna, hitta på, stjäla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发明, 虚构, 创作

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發明, 虛構, 創作

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발명하다, 날조하다, 훔치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 発明する, 想像力で作る, 創作する, でっち上げる, 発見する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخترع, يلفق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮המציא, בדה מן הלב‬

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