invent

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·vent [invent invents invented inventing] BrE [ɪnˈvent] NAmE [ɪnˈvent] verb
1. ~ sth to produce or design sth that has not existed before
• Who invented the steam engine?
• I wish mobile phones had never been invented!
2. ~ sth to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people
• What excuse did he invent this time?
• Many children invent an imaginary friend.
Verb forms:

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’.

Thesaurus:
invent verb
1. T
•I wish television had never been invented!
design • • engineer •
invent/design/engineer a new kind of motor
invent/design a new product
design/engineer a new car/bridge
Invent, design or engineer? When you invent sth it is completely new and nothing of that kind has existed before. You design or engineer a new version of sth that already exists.
2. T
•He invented a reason for calling her.
make sth up • • fabricate • • think sth up • • come up with sth • • devise • • trump sth up • • coin •
invent/make up/fabricate/think up/come up with/devise a story
invent/make up/think up/come up with a/an excuse/name
invent/make up/coin a word

Example Bank:
•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.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge