The meaning of INVENT is to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment.

INVENT meaning: 1. to design and/or create something that has never been made before: 2. to create a reason…. Learn more.

Definition of invent verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

INVENT definition: to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance. See examples of invent used in a sentence.

to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance to invent the telegraph

1. to originate as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent a better mousetrap. 2. to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story. 3. to make up or fabricate …

We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service. Thomas Edison was a great inventor.

To invent is to create for the first time or make up. If you tell your friends that you invented the electric guitar, you are inventing a pretty unbelievable story about your past.

INVENT definition: 1. to design and/or create something that has never been made before: 2. to create a reason…. Learn more.

invent meaning, definition, what is invent: to make, design, or think of a new type ...: Learn more.