| Main Entry: |
invent |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
create, think up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, author,
bear, bring into being, coin, come up with, come upon, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, dream up,
envision,
execute,
fake, fashion,
find, forge, form, formulate,
frame, hatch, imagine,
improve,
improvise, inaugurate, initiate,
jam*, knock off, make, make up, mint, off-the-cuff, originate, plan, produce,
project, toss off, turn out,
wing*
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| Notes: |
The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
Antonyms: |
steal
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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