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Invent has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

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Verb
1

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

2

concoct something artificial or untrue

"The detective quickly realized that his alibi was nothing more than an invention to cover up his whereabouts during the crime."

3

To design a new process or mechanism.

"Engineers spent months inventing a new filtration system that could remove microplastics from ocean water."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
create by mental act think up
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mythologize confabulate trump up spin vamp
Rhyming Words
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