invented; inventing; invents
1
: to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment
2
: to devise by thinking : fabricate
Examples of invent in a Sentence
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
She is credited with inventing a procedure that has helped to save thousands of lives.
She invented a clever excuse.
We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service.
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In 1896, James Naismith, who invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, joined the Denver Y staff and introduced the game to Denver.
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Libby Smith, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Always have your survival kit McCauley shared several stories of things that went wrong, especially in the beginning before GPS was invented.
—Celeste Edenloff, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
Yet football, which the Ivies practically invented—ills and all—remains a different beast.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The World Wide Web, itself, was invented at CERN to help address precisely some of these concerns more than 30 years ago.
—Big Think, 28 Nov. 2025
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Libby Smith, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Always have your survival kit McCauley shared several stories of things that went wrong, especially in the beginning before GPS was invented.
—Celeste Edenloff, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
Yet football, which the Ivies practically invented—ills and all—remains a different beast.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The World Wide Web, itself, was invented at CERN to help address precisely some of these concerns more than 30 years ago.
—Big Think, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for invent
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“Invent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invent. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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