American English pronunciation
How to pronounce invented
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'vɛntəd]
Pronunciation variants: [,ɪn'vɛntəd][,ɪn'vɛntɪd]
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Verb
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come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
“excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
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make up something artificial or untrue
Usage examples
- Before guns were invented, armies had to throw bullets at each other and if a bullet touched you, you had to sit out until the next war.
- Before guns were invented, armies had to throw bullets at each other and if a bullet touched you, you had to sit out until the next war.
- He also invented the Fano algorithm and postulated the Fano metric.
- Before guns were invented, armies had to throw bullets at each other and if a bullet touched you, you had to sit out until the next war.
- Before guns were invented, armies had to throw bullets at each other and if a bullet touched you, you had to sit out until the next war.
- We survived thanks to a respiratory system our grandfather invented.
- Before guns were invented, armies had to throw bullets at each other and if a bullet touched you, you had to sit out until the next war.
- The specialized rock climbing shoe was invented by one such athlete, Pierre Allain.
- This type of cheesecake was invented in the United States.
- The editors, both poets themselves, invented some of their own poems.