invent
Verb
Verb Forms: invented, inventing, invents
- To create or design something new; to devise originally.
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- make up something artificial or untrue
- To design a new process or mechanism.
- To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
- To come upon; to find; to discover.
Examples
- After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
- I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
- Many Scrabble players invent words in their minds, only to realize they aren’t real.
- We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
Synonyms
contrive, cook up, devise, excogitate, fabricate, forge, formulate, make up, manufacture, conceive, fangle, spin
Scrabble Score: 9
invent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinvent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
invent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary