Engelsk udsagnsord: invent |
1. | invent (om tilvejebringelse) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light.
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| Eksempler på anvendelse | Did he invent his major works over a short period of time? |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate |
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| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | create by mental act, create mentally |
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2. | invent (om tilvejebringelse) make up something artificial or untrue |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture |
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| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
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| Mere specifikke termer | concoct, confabulate, mythologise, mythologize, spin, trump up, vamp, vamp up |
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