Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to invent
Participle: invented
Gerund: inventing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | invent |
| you | invent |
| he;she;it | invents |
| we | invent |
| you | invent |
| they | invent |
Perfect
| I | have invented |
| you | have invented |
| he;she;it | has invented |
| we | have invented |
| you | have invented |
| they | have invented |
Past
| I | invented |
| you | invented |
| he;she;it | invented |
| we | invented |
| you | invented |
| they | invented |
Pluperfect
| I | had invented |
| you | had invented |
| he;she;it | had invented |
| we | had invented |
| you | had invented |
| they | had invented |
Future
| I | will invent |
| you | will invent |
| he;she;it | will invent |
| we | will invent |
| you | will invent |
| they | will invent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have invented |
| you | will have invented |
| he;she;it | will have invented |
| we | will have invented |
| you | will have invented |
| they | will have invented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | invent |
| you | invent |
| he;she;it | invent |
| we | invent |
| you | invent |
| they | invent |
Perfect
| I | have invented |
| you | have invented |
| he;she;it | have invented |
| we | have invented |
| you | have invented |
| they | have invented |
Imperfect
| I | invented |
| you | invented |
| he;she;it | invented |
| we | invented |
| you | invented |
| they | invented |
Pluperfect
| I | had invented |
| you | had invented |
| he;she;it | had invented |
| we | had invented |
| you | had invented |
| they | had invented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would invent |
| you | would invent |
| he;she;it | would invent |
| we | would invent |
| you | would invent |
| they | would invent |
Perfect
| I | would have invented |
| you | would have invented |
| he;she;it | would have invented |
| we | would have invented |
| you | would have invented |
| they | would have invented |
Imperative
| you | invent |
| we | Let's invent |
| you | invent |
Verbs conjugated like 'invent'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'invent'
incent,
indent,
invect,
invert,
invest,
coinvent,
convent,
event,
inbend,
incant,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- originate
- devise, discover, innovate, contrive
- concoct
- lie, formulate, conceive, devise, create, fabricate, produce, fancy
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
2. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] lithographic plan hanging up in the agent 's counting-house in the city of London: that this room of state, in short, could be anything but a pleasant fiction and cheerful jest of the captain 's, invented and put in practice for the better relish and enjoyment of the real state-room presently to be disclosed:—these were truths which I really could not, for the moment, bring my mind at all to bear [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place. He had invented a machine for the cleaning of the hemp, which, considering the education and circumstances of the inventor, displayed quite as much mechanical genius as Whitney's cotton-gin.[1 ]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] so fluently, held himself so erect, looked so handsome and manly, that his master began to feel an uneasy consciousness of inferiority. What business had his slave to be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen ? He'd soon put a stop to it. He'd take him back, and put him to hoeing and digging, and “ see if he'd step about so smart. ” Accordingly, the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Piccadilly. Here and there a flight of broad stone cellar-steps appears, and a painted lamp directs you to the Bowling Saloon, or Ten-Pin alley; Ten-Pins being a game of mingled chance and skill, invented when the legislature passed an act forbidding Nine-Pins. At other downward flights of steps, are other lamps, marking the whereabouts of oyster-cellars—pleasant retreats, say I: not only by reason [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] “ and this boy described here _is_ a fine fellow—no mistake about that. He worked for me some half-dozen years in my bagging factory, and he was my best hand, sir. He is an ingenious fellow, too: he invented a machine for the cleaning of hemp—a really valuable affair; it's gone into use in several factories. His master holds the patent of it. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I mean, it'll never happen again. Dr. Goldfoot. Yes? Would you like to see a diabolical gimmick that I invented by myself ?
(Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine)