See invent on Wiktionary
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"design a new process or mechanism", "word": "oppfinne" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "āþenċan" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "wynaleźć" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventar" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "scorni" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "născoci" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventa" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izobretátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "изобрета́ть" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izobrestí", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "изобрести́" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sozdavátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "создава́ть" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sozdátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "созда́ть" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "perfective" ], "word": "изумети" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "perfective" ], "word": "изумјети" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Roman", "perfective" ], "word": "izumeti" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 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"tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "icat etmek" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vynaxódyty", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "винахо́дити" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "výnajty", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "ви́найти" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "phát minh" }, { "_dis1": "99 1 0", "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "datuvön" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To create something fictional for a particular purpose." ], "id": 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"tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "wymyślić" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "wymyślać" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vydúmyvatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "выду́мывать" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výdumatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "вы́думать" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sočinjátʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "сочиня́ть" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sočinítʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "сочини́ть" }, { "_dis1": "0 97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izmyšljátʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], 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{ "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "vynalézt" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "uitvinden" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "uitdenken" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventi" }, { "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "finna upp" }, { "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "hugsa upp" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "keksiä" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventer" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventar" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "erfinden" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "efevrísko", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "εφευρίσκω" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "feltalál" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "finna upp" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "cum" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "ceap" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventare" }, { "alt": "はつめいする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hatsumei-suru", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "発明する" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkaət", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "បង្កើត" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balmyeong-hada", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "발명하다" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inveniō" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "reperiō" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pronaoǵa", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "пронаоѓа" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "izumuva", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "изумува" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "izmisluva", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "измислува" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "oppfinne" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "āþenċan" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "wynaleźć" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventar" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "scorni" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "născoci" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventa" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izobretátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "изобрета́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izobrestí", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "изобрести́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sozdavátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "создава́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sozdátʹ", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "созда́ть" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "perfective" ], "word": "изумети" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "perfective" ], "word": "изумјети" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Roman", "perfective" ], "word": "izumeti" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "Roman", "perfective" ], "word": "izumjeti" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "vynájsť" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "izumljati" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "izumiti" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "inventar" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "uppfinna" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "kít-kón", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "คิดค้น" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "icat etmek" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vynaxódyty", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "винахо́дити" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "výnajty", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "ви́найти" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "phát minh" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "design a new process or mechanism", "word": "datuvön" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "uydurmaq" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "quraşdırmaq" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "izmisljam", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "измислям" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "inventar" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "uitdenken" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "uitvinden" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "bedenken" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "verzinnen" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "keksiä" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "inventer" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "ausdenken" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "erfinden" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "kitalál" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "kigondol" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "kiagyal" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "kieszel" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "kiötöl" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "cum" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "ceap" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "creare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "ideare" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "izmisluva", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "измислува" }, { "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "utrunga" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "āþenċan" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "wymyślić" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "wymyślać" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vydúmyvatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "выду́мывать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výdumatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "вы́думать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sočinjátʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "сочиня́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sočinítʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "сочини́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izmyšljátʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "измышля́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "izmýslitʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "измы́слить" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pridúmyvatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "приду́мывать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pridúmatʹ", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "приду́мать" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "inventar" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "create something fictional", "word": "yaratmak" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "create something fictional", "tags": [ "informal", "pejorative", "usually" ], "word": "uydurmak" } ], "word": "invent" }
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