invented; inventing; invents
1
: 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
2
: to devise by thinking : fabricate
Examples of invent in a Sentence
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
She is credited with inventing a procedure that has helped to save thousands of lives.
She invented a clever excuse.
We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service.
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.
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Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
Computer researchers invented the technique in the 1990s to screen bots from entering information into websites, originally using images with letters and numbers written in wiggly fonts, often obscured with lines or noise to foil computer vision algorithms.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
Agriculture is invented, only to wear down farmers’ teeth with grit from the stones used to mill grain.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Let it be known — Heidi Klum basically invented the thirst trap.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 28 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
Computer researchers invented the technique in the 1990s to screen bots from entering information into websites, originally using images with letters and numbers written in wiggly fonts, often obscured with lines or noise to foil computer vision algorithms.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
Agriculture is invented, only to wear down farmers’ teeth with grit from the stones used to mill grain.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Let it be known — Heidi Klum basically invented the thirst trap.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for invent
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“Invent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invent. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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