invent

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de créer ou de développer quelque chose de nouveau qui n'existait pas auparavant, que ce soit une chose concrète, une idée ou une histoire.

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.

   inventer

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

   Synonymesconceivecontrivecreatedesigndeviseformulateinnovateoriginate

   Antonymesborrowcopyduplicateimitatereplicate

2. Fabricate or make upB2informal

   To create a false story, excuse, or explanation.

   Inventer, fabriquer

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

   Synonymesconcoctcook updevisefabricatehatchmake uptrump up