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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "not invented here"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "why God invented"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷem-"
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"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
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},
"expansion": "Middle English inventen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "inventer"
},
"expansion": "Old French inventer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "inventus"
},
"expansion": "Latin inventus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inveniō",
"3": "",
"4": "come upon, meet with, find, discover"
},
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},
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"3": "",
"4": "in, on"
},
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{
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"2": "veniō",
"3": "",
"4": "come"
},
"expansion": "veniō (“come”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āþenċan",
"lit": "to think out"
},
"expansion": "Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.\nDisplaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).",
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"form": "invents",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "invented",
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"past"
]
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "invent",
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"infinitive"
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}
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"lang": "English",
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"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "invented"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "inventive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "invention"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "inventor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "inventory"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "reinvent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "discover"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To design a new process or mechanism."
],
"id": "en-invent-en-verb-pqHIUWaE",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "uitvind"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵtaraʕa",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "اِخْتَرَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hnarel",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "հնարել"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vynaxódzicʹ",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вынахо́дзіць"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výnajsci",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́найсці"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izobretjávam",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изобретя́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "發明"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāmíng",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "发明"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "devisya"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "vynalézt"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "uitvinden"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "uitdenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "finna upp"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "hugsa upp"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "keksiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "erfinden"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efevrísko",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "εφευρίσκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "feltalál"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "finna upp"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑngkaət",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "បង្កើត"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balmyeong-hada",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "발명하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inveniō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "reperiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pronaoǵa",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "пронаоѓа"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izumuva",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "изумува"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmisluva",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "измислува"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "oppfinne"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "āþenċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "wynaleźć"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "scorni"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "născoci"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izobretátʹ",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изобрета́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izobrestí",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изобрести́"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sozdavátʹ",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "создава́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sozdátʹ",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "созда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "изумети"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "изумјети"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izumeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izumjeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vynájsť"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "izumljati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "izumiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "uppfinna"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kít-kón",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "คิดค้น"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "icat etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vynaxódyty",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "винахо́дити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výnajty",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́найти"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "phát minh"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
"word": "datuvön"
}
]
},
{
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"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"
}
],
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"To create something fictional for a particular purpose."
],
"id": "en-invent-en-verb-n-LwxLMt",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "uydurmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "quraşdırmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmisljam",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "измислям"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "uitdenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "uitvinden"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "bedenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "verzinnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "keksiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "inventer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "ausdenken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "erfinden"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "kitalál"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "kigondol"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "kiagyal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "kieszel"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "kiötöl"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "creare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "ideare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmisluva",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "измислува"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "utrunga"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "āþenċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wymyślić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wymyślać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выду́мывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výdumatʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́думать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sočinjátʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сочиня́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sočinítʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сочини́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmyšljátʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "измышля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmýslitʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "измы́слить"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приду́мывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridúmatʹ",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приду́мать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "inventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"word": "yaratmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "create something fictional",
"tags": [
"informal",
"pejorative",
"usually"
],
"word": "uydurmak"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "4 13 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To come upon; to find; to discover."
],
"id": "en-invent-en-verb-2nmdcnBU",
"links": [
[
"come upon",
"come upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈvɛnt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnt"
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"word": "uitvinden"
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{
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"word": "verzinnen"
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "kiötöl"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "ideare"
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"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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