INVENT


Meaning of INVENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvent ]

( invents, inventing, invented)

1.

If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.

He invented the first electric clock...

VERB : V n

2.

If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.

VERB : V n

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