invent

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also DESIGN, MAKE
- to think of sth or make sth for the first time: invent sth
Who invented the bicycle?
- the act or process of making or designing sth for the first time: invention (noun U)
Before the invention of the washing machine, clothes had to be washed by hand.
- a thing that has been made or designed for the first time: invention
What would you say is the most useful invention of the 20th century?
- a person who invents sth: inventor
- a person who has clever and original ideas is inventive, original
an original thinker
- ideas or people that deal with things in a new way are innovative
an innovative approach to small car design
- a person who introduces changes: innovator
- a new idea or way of doing sth: innovation
- an official licence from the government that gives a person or company the right to make or sell a certain product and stops other people from copying it: patent
- to obtain a patent for sth: patent sth
What a brilliant invention! Do you think it's been patented?

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge