invent

Meaning

  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.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
Etymology

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”).

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