Definizione monolingua

invent

invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)

1. To design a new process or mechanism.

   After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.

2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.

   We need a name to put in this form, so lets just invent one.

3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:

     Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].

Definizione dizionario invent

	inventare
	design a new process or mechanism
	Concepire un nuovo metodo o un meccanismo.
	To design a new process or mechanism.

creare

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

think up and bring into being

To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

create something fictional