Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

invent

verb [T] (NEW DESIGN)
 
 
/ɪnˈvent/

Definition

B1 to design and/or create something that has never been made before: The first safety razor was invented by company founder King C. Gillette in 1903.Inventing, designing and innovationCreating and producing
(Definition of invent verb (NEW DESIGN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“invent” in other dictionaries

More Results for “invent”

Word of the Day

apocryphal

describes a story that is probably not true although often told and believed by some people to have...

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More