Invented Invent I ɪnˈvent Verb Bre Steam Engine

• who invented the steam engine?
• i wish mobile phones had never been invented!
• what excuse did he invent this time?
• many children invent an imaginary friend.

invent

1. to produce or design something that has not existed before
• Who invented the steam engine?
• I wish mobile phones had never been invented!
2. to say or describe something that is not true, especially in order to trick people
• See related entries: Dishonest
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/dishonest/invent
• What excuse did he invent this time?
• Many children invent an imaginary friend.

Extra Examples

• He practically invented the modern stand-up comedy act.
• Pepys single-handedly invented the diary as a literary form.
• the newly invented automatic rifle
• He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.
• I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
• I wish television had never been invented!
• Louis Braille invented an alphabet to help blind people.
• The term ‘sociology’ was invented by Auguste Comte.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they invent
• he / she / it invents
• past simple invented
• past participle invented
• -ing form inventing

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.