Definition of Invent
Invent
in·vent


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(verb)
to create something that has never existed before;

e.g. I really want to invent a time machine, and warn my past self about all the mistakes I've made.

(verb)
to make up or fabricate, in order to deceive;

e.g. She had to invent a story about her past so as to hide the truth of her actual past.



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  • "Let's go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday." -- Steve Jobs

  • "We all are inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson



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