invent

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To design a new process or mechanism.
2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

Sinonieme

create

fabricate

devise

contrive

make up

make

concoct

originate

formulate

think up

discover

cook up

manufacture

build

plan

forge

find

🔍

excogitate

design

imagine

form

find out

trump up

produce

evolve

coin

🪙

compose

construct

detect

dream up

fashion

frame up

innovate

mint

set up

start

think

🤔

think of

think out

institute

introduce

lie

machinery

feign

assemble

deceive

meditate

come up with a plan

misrepresent

cook

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Vertalings

inventar

inventer

inventare

erfinden

uitvinden

inventar

ausdenken

inventar

uitdenken

bedenken

ideare

verzinnen

ersinnen

bekokstoven

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɛnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: inventen

In summary

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”).