Invent

Verb

 * 1) To design a new process or mechanism.
 * 2) To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
 * 3)  To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

Adverbs for Invent
deftly; creatively; infernally; matchlessly; diabolically; inexhaustibly;  sensationally; dangerously; maliciously; technically; fantastically; poetically; prodigally; marvelously; spectacularly; singularly.

Thesaurus
innovate, introduce, introduce new blood, lead, lead off, lead the way, locate, make do with, make innovations, make up, manufacture, mature, mint, mold, neologize, neoterize, originate, pioneer, plan, precede, procreate, produce, rediscover, renew, renovate, revolutionize, run down, run to earth, shape, spawn, stand first, strike, strike out, suppose, take the initiative, take the lead, take the plunge, think out, think up, trace, trace down, track down, trump up, turn out, vamp up, beget, break ground, break the ice, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, coin, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, concoct, contrive, cook up, counterfeit, create, design, determine, develop, devise, discover, dream up, engender, envision, evolve, experience imaginatively, fabricate, fake, fancy, fantasize, fictionalize, find, find out, forge, formulate, frame, fudge, generate, get, give being to, give rise to, hatch, hatch up, head, head up, hit, hit upon, hoke up, hunt down, ideate, imagine, improvise, inaugurate, initiate,

Etymology
From inventen:, from  inventer:, from  inventus:, perfect passive participle of invenio:, from in: + venio:; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.

Synonyms

 * discover

Related terms

 * invented
 * inventive
 * invention
 * inventor
 * inventory
 * reinvent

Translations

 * Arabic: اخترع
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
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 * Italian:
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 * Polish: wynaleźć
 * Portuguese:
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 * Vietnamese: phát minh
 * Volapük: datuvön


 * Dutch:, ,  ,
 * German: ausdenken,


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 * Malayalam: കണ്ടുപിടിയ്ക്കുക (kantupitiykkuka)


 * Serbian: изумети (1), измислити (1,2)
 * Slovene: izumiti, iznajti
 * Spanish: