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in·vent
(ĭn-vĕnt′)tr.v. in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents
1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.
2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.
[Latin invenīre, invent-, to find : in-, on, upon; see in-2 + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]
in·vent′i·ble adj.
in·ven′tor n.
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inventor
(ɪnˈvɛntə)n
a person who invents, esp as a profession
inˈventress fem n
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in•ven•tor
(ɪnˈvɛn tər)n.
a person who invents, esp. one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
Sometimes, in•vent′er. [1500–10; < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things patentee - the inventor to whom a patent is issued |
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inventor
noun creator, father, maker, author, framer, designer, architect, coiner, originator the inventor of the telephone
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inventor
nounOne that creates, founds, or originates:
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Translations
مُخْتَرِعمُخْتَرِعٌ
vynálezce
opfinder
keksijä
izumitelj
feltaláló
uppfinningamaîur
発明者
발명가
vynálezca
izumitelj
uppfinnare
ผู้ประดิษฐ์
muciticat eden kimse
người phát minh
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inventor
[ɪnˈvɛntər] n → inventeur/trice m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
inventor
n → Erfinder(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
inventor
[ɪnˈvɛntəʳ] n → inventore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
invent
(inˈvent) verb1. to be the first person to make or use (eg a machine, method etc). Who invented the microscope?; When was printing invented?
2. to make up or think of (eg an excuse or story). I'll have to invent some excuse for not going with him.
inˈvention (-ʃən) noun1. the act of inventing or the ability to invent. He had great powers of invention.
2. something invented. What a marvellous invention the sewing-machine was!
inˈventive (-tiv) adjective good at inventing. an inventive mind.
inˈventiveness nouninˈventor noun
a person who invents. Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone.
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inventor
→ مُخْتَرِعٌ vynálezce opfinder Erfinder εφευρέτης inventor keksijä inventeur izumitelj inventore 発明者 발명가 uitvinder oppfinner wynalazca inventor изобретатель uppfinnare ผู้ประดิษฐ์ mucit người phát minh 发明者Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009