invent — inventible, inventable, adj. /in vent /, v.t. 1. to originate or create as a product of one s own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph. 2. to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story. 3. to make up… … Universalium
invent — [[t]ɪnve̱nt[/t]] invents, inventing, invented 1) VERB If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. [V n] He invented the first electric clock... [V n] Writing had not been invented as… … English dictionary
invent — in•vent [[t]ɪnˈvɛnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to originate as a product of one s own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent a better mousetrap[/ex] 2) to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story[/ex] 3) to make up or fabricate … From formal English to slang
invent — /ɪnˈvɛnt / (say in vent) verb (t) 1. to originate as a product of one s own contrivance: to invent a machine. 2. to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story. 3. to make up or fabricate as something merely fictitious or false: to… …
Invent Now America — is an annual event hosted by the National Inventors Hall of Fame in conjunction with the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), Time Magazine and The History Channel. Each year, thousands of inventors submit their inventions for inclusion … Wikipedia
invent — in·vent vt: to create or produce for the first time in·ven·tor n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. invent … Law dictionary
invent — ► VERB 1) create or design (a new device, process, etc.). 2) make up (a false story, name, etc.). DERIVATIVES inventor noun. ORIGIN Latin invenire contrive, discover … English terms dictionary
story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… … Combinatory dictionary
invent */*/ — UK [ɪnˈvent] / US verb [transitive] Word forms invent : present tense I/you/we/they invent he/she/it invents present participle inventing past tense invented past participle invented Collocations: If you are the first person to make a new type of … English dictionary
invent — verb (T) 1 to make, design, or produce something new for the first time: Alexander Bell invented the telephone in 1876. 2 to think of an idea, story etc that is not true, usually in order to deceive people: They invented a very convincing alibi.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
story */*/*/ — UK [ˈstɔːrɪ] / US [ˈstɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms story : singular story plural stories 1) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true She s written several children s stories. The book is about the… … English dictionary
