invent

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈvɛnt/

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Verb

Plain form invent

Third-person singular invents

Past tense invented

Past participle invented

Present participle inventing

1. If you invent something, you make or design a new kind of thing.

   Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.

Related words

• invention
• inventor