Invent
verb
To create or design something that did not exist before.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Often appears as...
- invent a machine
- invent a product
verb
To make up or fabricate a story or idea.
He invented an excuse about why he was late.
Often appears as...
- invent an excuse
- invent a story
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To create or design something that did not exist before.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Often appears as...
- invent a machine
- invent a product
verb
To make up or fabricate a story or idea.
He invented an excuse about why he was late.
Often appears as...
- invent an excuse
- invent a story
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Historic Impact
Many inventions changed history. Consider how the invention impacts society when using the word.
The printing press was an invention that revolutionized the spread of information.
Pro Tip 2/3Original Creation
Use 'invent' for something entirely new, not just an improvement of existing things.
Steve Jobs is credited with inventing the first iPhone, not just improving mobile phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Required
Inventing requires creativity and innovation, different from simply discovering something already existing.
Marie Curie did not invent radium; she discovered it.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Impact
Many inventions changed history. Consider how the invention impacts society when using the word.
The printing press was an invention that revolutionized the spread of information.
Pro Tip 2/3Original Creation
Use 'invent' for something entirely new, not just an improvement of existing things.
Steve Jobs is credited with inventing the first iPhone, not just improving mobile phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Required
Inventing requires creativity and innovation, different from simply discovering something already existing.
Marie Curie did not invent radium; she discovered it.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Impact
Many inventions changed history. Consider how the invention impacts society when using the word.
The printing press was an invention that revolutionized the spread of information.
Pro Tip 2/3Original Creation
Use 'invent' for something entirely new, not just an improvement of existing things.
Steve Jobs is credited with inventing the first iPhone, not just improving mobile phones.
Pro Tip 3/3Innovation Required
Inventing requires creativity and innovation, different from simply discovering something already existing.
Marie Curie did not invent radium; she discovered it.
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How we conquered the...
and challenged them repeatedly with smallpox, proving that they were immune to the disease. With this procedure, Jenner invented the smallpox vaccination. Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment,
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How to build a fictional...
that are strong enough not only to hold up a world that is completely invented by the author, but also to change the reader's perspective on the real world that resumes only when the final squiggle is reached? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question,
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How to create a space...
okay it has limited mobility but you're gonna pressurize cans fantastic pressurizes you gives you your oxygen scrubs your carbon dioxide a little micrometeorite protection helps little radiation but we can do better our dream is to invent the world's
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How the Königsberg...
to invent a new field of mathematics. Carl wrote to Euler for help with the problem. Euler first dismissed the question as having nothing to do with math. But the more he wrestled with it, the more it seemed there might be something there after all.
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The history of tattoos -...
Tattooed mummies from around the world attest to the universality of body modification across the millennia, and to the fact that you really were stuck with it forever if your civilization never got around to inventing laser removal.
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Is math discovered or...
Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Since ancient times, mankind has hotly debated whether mathematics was discovered or invented. Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the universe around us,
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How to Speak Chimpanzee...
But while chimps across the world only have a limited repertoire of vocalizations, they constantly invent and share new gestures with each other. One theory basically is that they imitate gestures from each other.
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What happens when our...
Think about Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make. Machines will then be better at inventing than we are, and they'll be doing so on digital timescales.
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Ancient Maya 101 PIPE...
significant advancements in mathematics and astronomy they invented the concept of zero and they developed an accurate calendar system used to guide the Maya agricultural cycles the calendar was
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The myth of Icarus and...
He invented carpentry and all the tools used for it. He designed the first bathhouse and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men.
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How we conquered the...
and challenged them repeatedly with smallpox, proving that they were immune to the disease. With this procedure, Jenner invented the smallpox vaccination. Unlike variolation, which used actual smallpox virus to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment,
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
that are strong enough not only to hold up a world that is completely invented by the author, but also to change the reader's perspective on the real world that resumes only when the final squiggle is reached? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question,
Video examples
How to create a space...
okay it has limited mobility but you're gonna pressurize cans fantastic pressurizes you gives you your oxygen scrubs your carbon dioxide a little micrometeorite protection helps little radiation but we can do better our dream is to invent the world's
Video examples
How the Königsberg...
to invent a new field of mathematics. Carl wrote to Euler for help with the problem. Euler first dismissed the question as having nothing to do with math. But the more he wrestled with it, the more it seemed there might be something there after all.
Video examples
The history of tattoos -...
Tattooed mummies from around the world attest to the universality of body modification across the millennia, and to the fact that you really were stuck with it forever if your civilization never got around to inventing laser removal.
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Since ancient times, mankind has hotly debated whether mathematics was discovered or invented. Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the universe around us,
Video examples
How to Speak Chimpanzee...
But while chimps across the world only have a limited repertoire of vocalizations, they constantly invent and share new gestures with each other. One theory basically is that they imitate gestures from each other.
Video examples
What happens when our...
Think about Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make. Machines will then be better at inventing than we are, and they'll be doing so on digital timescales.
Video examples
Ancient Maya 101 PIPE...
significant advancements in mathematics and astronomy they invented the concept of zero and they developed an accurate calendar system used to guide the Maya agricultural cycles the calendar was
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The myth of Icarus and...
He invented carpentry and all the tools used for it. He designed the first bathhouse and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.
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Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
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Suzanne Vega
American Musician
I was always inventing characters and making up stories.
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?
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Georges Braque
French Artist
Truth exists; only lies are invented.
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Unknown
He was a wise man who invented beer.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.
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Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
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Suzanne Vega
American Musician
I was always inventing characters and making up stories.
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?
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Georges Braque
French Artist
Truth exists; only lies are invented.
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Unknown
He was a wise man who invented beer.
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