Invent - English meaning

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

A small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used as money

Usage examples:

Uk a 10p/ten pence coin, a pound coin, gold coins, in coins i asked for £10 in 20p coins., take coi…

phrasal verb

Produce something, especially when pressured or challenged.

Usage examples:

He keeps coming up with all kinds of lame excuses

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

Come up with a plan/idea/solution they came up with a plan to make us more efficient., come up with…

verb

Create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg.

Usage examples:

She was conceived when her father was 49

verb

To bring a thought or idea into being; imagine

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] when they talk about billions of dollars, i can’t even conceive of that muc…

verb

To imagine something

Usage examples:

I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old., he couldn't conceive of a time when he …

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

verb

To arrange for something to happen or be done by being smart or deceiving others

Usage examples:

[ i ] he somehow contrived to get tickets for the concert., [ t ] the two of them are contriving a …

verb

To arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning

Usage examples:

Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? i think they'd really like each other., [ + to infini…

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Bring into existence

verb

To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative

Usage examples:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

Find unexpectedly or during a search.

Usage examples:

Firemen discovered a body in the debris

verb

Determine the existence, presence, or fact of

verb

To find something for the first time, or something that had not been known before

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] doctors later discovered (that) he had a cut on his left ankle., [ + question w…

phrasal verb

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

To invent something new by using a lot of imagination

Usage examples:

The gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team – who dreamed it up?

verb

Discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly.

Usage examples:

Lindsey looked up to find neil watching her

noun

A discovery of something valuable, typically something of archaeological interest.

Usage examples:

He made his most spectacular finds in the valley of the kings

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

verb

Create or prepare methodically.

Usage examples:

The government has formulated a policy on waste management

verb

Prepare according to instructions

verb

To create something, esp. by putting together different parts

Usage examples:

The administration said it was formulating a new policy for the middle east., new drugs are being f…

phrasal verb

Discover or think of something, especially by chance.

Usage examples:

She hit on a novel idea for fundraising

phrasal verb

Make sexual advances towards someone.

Usage examples:

He was really hitting on me, with steamy looks and innuendos

phrasal verb

To think of an idea unexpectedly or unintentionally

Usage examples:

When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it would never work.

verb

Make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.

Usage examples:

The company's failure to diversify and innovate competitively

verb

To introduce changes and new ideas

Usage examples:

The fashion industry is always desperate to innovate., a fearless innovator, ives liked to play mus…

verb

To develop a new design, product, idea, etc.

Usage examples:

The market leader's proven ability to innovate provides a key attraction for shareholders.

noun

A person with an outstanding intellect.

Usage examples:

An eminent musical mastermind

verb

Plan and direct (an ingenious and complex scheme or enterprise).

Usage examples:

He was accused of masterminding a gold-smuggling racket

verb

To plan and direct a difficult activity

Usage examples:

Oliver masterminded the takeover of his top business competitor., the mastermind behind the escape …

noun

An aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the old world, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs.

Usage examples:

Plant mint in a large pot with drainage holes

adjective

(of an object) in pristine condition; as new.

Usage examples:

A pair of speakers, mint, £160

verb

Make (a coin) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Only coins of a relatively high denomination were minted

verb

Have a specified beginning.

Usage examples:

The word originated as a marketing term

noun

A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

Usage examples:

The decision came a month before the start of the winter olympics in utah and can be expected to pu…

verb

Develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity).

Usage examples:

The technique was pioneered by a swiss doctor in the 1930s

proper noun

A series of american space probes launched between 1958 and 1973, two of which provided the first clear pictures of jupiter and saturn (1973–9).