invent
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
Example Sentences
- "After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks."
- "Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war"
- "I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly."
- "We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one."
- "Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...]."
Etymology
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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Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
invents (present, singular)
inventing (participle, present)
invented (participle, past)
invented (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
invented (first person, past)
inventest (archaic, present)
invented (past, second person)
inventedst (archaic, past)
inventeth (archaic, present)
invented (past, singular)