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invent

 
 
/ɪnˈvent/ verb [T]

Translation

NEW to design or create something that has never existed before
icat etmek, bulmak
We've invented a new game.1332
DECEIVE to think of a story or explanation in order to deceive someone
(bahane, hikâye vb.) uydurmak
She invented an excuse to leave.1052
(Definition of invent verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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