invent

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas Neues zu schaffen oder zu entwickeln, das zuvor nicht existierte. Es kann sich auf technische Erfindungen oder auf erfundene Geschichten und Ausreden beziehen.

A verb used to indicate the act of creating or designing something new that has not existed before.

1. Create something newA2formal

   To create or design something that has not existed before.

   Erfinden

   • Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
   • She invented a new type of battery.
   • The company invented a machine that can clean water.

   Synonymeconceivecontrivecreatedesigndeviseformulateinnovateoriginate

   Antonymeborrowcopyduplicateimitatereplicate

2. Fabricate or make upB2informal

   To create a false story, excuse, or explanation.

   Erfinden

   • He invented an excuse for being late.
   • She invented a story about meeting a celebrity.
   • They invented a lie to avoid getting in trouble.

   Synonymeconcoctcook updevisefabricatehatchmake uptrump up