invent
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈvent/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈvent/
verb
A2
to make something new for the first time
Thomas Edison helped invent the light bulb.
B1
to make up a story or idea that is not true
He had to invent an excuse for being late.
translation
to make something new for the first time; to make up a story or idea that is not true
Word Forms
3rd Present
invents
Past
invented
Perfect
invented
Progressive
inventing