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Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [imˈben] [Central], [iɱˈvent] [Balearic, Valencia] Forms: invents [plural]
Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} invent m (plural invents)
  1. invention Tags: masculine Synonyms: invenció Related terms: inventar
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛnt/ Audio: en-us-invent.ogg Forms: invents [present, singular, third-person], inventing [participle, present], invented [participle, past], invented [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], invent [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: 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. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|inventen}} Middle English inventen, {{der|en|fro|inventer}} Old French inventer, {{der|en|la|inventus}} Latin inventus, {{ncog|ang|āþenċan|lit=to think out}} Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. To design a new process or mechanism. Translations (design a new process or mechanism): uitvind (Afrikaans), اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa) (Arabic), հնարել (hnarel) (Armenian), вынахо́дзіць (vynaxódzicʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вы́найсці (výnajsci) [perfective] (Belarusian), изобретя́вам (izobretjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), inventar (Catalan), 發明 (Chinese Mandarin), 发明 (fāmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), devisya (Cornish), vynalézt (Czech), uitvinden (Dutch), uitdenken (Dutch), inventi (Esperanto), finna upp (Faroese), hugsa upp (Faroese), keksiä (Finnish), inventer (French), inventar (Galician), erfinden (German), εφευρίσκω (efevrísko) (Greek), feltalál (Hungarian), finna upp (Icelandic), cum (Irish), ceap (Irish), inventare (Italian), 発明する (hatsumei-suru) (alt: はつめいする) (Japanese), បង្កើត (bɑɑbɑngkaət) (Khmer), 발명하다 (balmyeong-hada) (Korean), inveniō (Latin), reperiō (Latin), пронаоѓа (pronaoǵa) (Macedonian), изумува (izumuva) (Macedonian), измислува (izmisluva) (Macedonian), oppfinne (Norwegian), āþenċan (Old English), wynaleźć (Polish), inventar (Portuguese), scorni (Romanian), născoci (Romanian), inventa (Romanian), изобрета́ть (izobretátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изобрести́ (izobrestí) [perfective] (Russian), создава́ть (sozdavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), созда́ть (sozdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), изумети [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), изумјети [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), izumeti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), izumjeti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vynájsť [perfective] (Slovak), izumljati [imperfective] (Slovene), izumiti [perfective] (Slovene), inventar (Spanish), uppfinna (Swedish), คิดค้น (kít-kón) (Thai), icat etmek (Turkish), винахо́дити (vynaxódyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́найти (výnajty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), phát minh (Vietnamese), datuvön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-invent-en-verb-pqHIUWaE Disambiguation of 'design a new process or mechanism': 99 1 0
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose. Synonyms: make up Translations (create something fictional): uydurmaq (Azerbaijani), quraşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), измислям (izmisljam) (Bulgarian), inventar (Catalan), uitdenken (Dutch), uitvinden (Dutch), bedenken (Dutch), verzinnen (Dutch), keksiä (Finnish), inventer (French), ausdenken (German), erfinden (German), kitalál (Hungarian), kigondol (Hungarian), kiagyal (Hungarian), kieszel (Hungarian), kiötöl (Hungarian), cum (Irish), ceap (Irish), creare (Italian), ideare (Italian), измислува (izmisluva) (Macedonian), utrunga (Ngazidja Comorian), āþenċan (Old English), wymyślić [perfective] (Polish), wymyślać [imperfective] (Polish), выду́мывать (vydúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́думать (výdumatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сочиня́ть (sočinjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сочини́ть (sočinítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), измышля́ть (izmyšljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), измы́слить (izmýslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), приду́мывать (pridúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приду́мать (pridúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inventar (Spanish), yaratmak (Turkish), uydurmak [informal, pejorative, usually] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-invent-en-verb-n-LwxLMt Disambiguation of 'create something fictional': 0 97 3
  3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fangle Derived forms: not invented here, why God invented Related terms: invented, inventive, invention, inventor, inventory, reinvent, discover

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "not invented here"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "why God invented"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "inventer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French inventer",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "inventus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin inventus",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "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",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inventing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "invented",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "invented",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "reinvent"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:",
          "text": "Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To design a new process or mechanism."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "uitvind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iḵtaraʕa",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "اِخْتَرَعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hnarel",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "հնարել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vynaxódzicʹ",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вынахо́дзіць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výnajsci",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́найсці"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izobretjávam",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изобретя́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inventar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "發明"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fāmíng",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "发明"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "devisya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "vynalézt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "uitvinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "uitdenken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inventi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "finna upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "hugsa upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "keksiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inventer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inventar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "erfinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "efevrísko",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "εφευρίσκω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "feltalál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "finna upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "cum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "ceap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inventare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "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": "99 1 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkaət",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "បង្កើត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balmyeong-hada",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "발명하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "inveniō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "reperiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pronaoǵa",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "пронаоѓа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izumuva",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "изумува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izmisluva",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "word": "измислува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "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 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "izumjeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vynájsť"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "erfinden"
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      "word": "cum"
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      "word": "발명하다"
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      "word": "oppfinne"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "āþenċan"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "wynaleźć"
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "inventar"
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      "word": "scorni"
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      "word": "născoci"
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "изобрета́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "uppfinna"
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "คิดค้น"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "icat etmek"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vynaxódyty",
      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "винахо́дити"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "výnajty",
      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ви́найти"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "phát minh"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "design a new process or mechanism",
      "word": "datuvön"
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    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "uydurmaq"
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    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "quraşdırmaq"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izmisljam",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "измислям"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "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"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "kieszel"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "kiötöl"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "cum"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "ceap"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "creare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "ideare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "izmisluva",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "измислува"
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      "code": "zdj",
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      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "utrunga"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "word": "āþenċan"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wymyślić"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wymyślać"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydúmyvatʹ",
      "sense": "create something fictional",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "выду́мывать"
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      "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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{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Serbo-Croatian: изумети (1), измислити (1,2)",
  "path": [
    "invent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "invent",
  "trace": ""
}

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