invent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Verb === invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented) To design a new process or mechanism. Synonym: conceive To create something fictional for a particular purpose. Synonyms: make up, manufacture, spin (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== fangle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === discover === Further reading === “invent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “invent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [imˈben] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iɱˈvent] === Noun === invent m (plural invents) invention Synonym: invenció ==== Related terms ==== inventar === Further reading === “invent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “invent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “invent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “invent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.