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English verb: invent | |||
| 1. | invent (creation) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | ||
| Samples | Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light. | ||
| Examples | Did he invent his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||
| 2. | invent (creation) make up something artificial or untrue | ||
| Synonyms | cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, confabulate, mythologise, mythologize, spin, trump up, vamp, vamp up | ||
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