INVENT


Meaning of INVENT in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ practically , virtually

He practically ~ed the modern stand-up comedy act.

▪ single-handedly

Pepys single-handedly ~ed the diary as a literary form.

PHRASES

▪ newly ~ed

the newly ~ed automatic rifle

Invent is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alibi , ↑ category , ↑ character , ↑ code , ↑ concept , ↑ excuse , ↑ gadget , ↑ game , ↑ instrument , ↑ machine , ↑ method , ↑ myth , ↑ pretext , ↑ slogan , ↑ term , ↑ way , ↑ word

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .