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, 21 Oct. 2025
By then, the preeminent fashion genius of the third quarter of the 20th century and the designer so often credited with inventing the modern woman’s wardrobe had handed prêt-à-porter over to his assistants, who clung as if by commandment to the house dogma of bourgeois Parisian elegance.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
FedMart, founded in 1954, helped to establish discount shopping as a pillar of American retail, and in 1976 Price Club invented the warehouse wholesale club.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo America's tech companies invented social media.
—John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
By then, the preeminent fashion genius of the third quarter of the 20th century and the designer so often credited with inventing the modern woman’s wardrobe had handed prêt-à-porter over to his assistants, who clung as if by commandment to the house dogma of bourgeois Parisian elegance.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
FedMart, founded in 1954, helped to establish discount shopping as a pillar of American retail, and in 1976 Price Club invented the warehouse wholesale club.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo America's tech companies invented social media.
—John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 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 25 Oct. 2025.
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