verb

invent

to invent, to make up

Who invented the telephone?

Who invented the telephone?

He invented an excuse for being late.

He invented an excuse for being late.

((sb.)) invents ((sth.)) to create (sth.) new Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

Synonyms: create, devise, fabricate; Antonyms: copy, imitate

From Latin 'invenire' (to find, discover), from 'in-' (in, on) + 'venire' (to come). The idea is to 'come upon' something new.

Imagine a lightbulb appearing over an 'inventor's' head. They 'vent' their new idea 'in'to the world.

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