invent
US: /ˌɪnˈvɛnt/
UK: /ɪnvˈɛnt/
UK: /ɪnvˈɛnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
invent /in'vent/
- ngoại động từ
- phát minh, sáng chế
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hư cấu; sáng tác (truyện)
- bịa đặt (chuyện...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to produce or design sth that has not existed before: Who invented the steam engine? + I wish mobile phones had never been invented! - DISCOVER
2 to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to deceive people: What excuse did he invent this time? + Many children invent an imaginary friend.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 create, devise, contrive, originate, think up, dream up, conceive, concoct, make up, imagine, formulate, improvise, design, hit upon; coin:
He claims to have invented the toothpaste tube.
2 fabricate, make up, concoct, Colloq cook up:
She invented that story about having been a lion-tamer.
Collocation dictionary
PHRASES
newly invented
using the then newly invented automatic rifle
Concise English dictionary
invents|invented|inventingɪn'vent
verb
+come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
+make up something artificial or untrue
