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inventare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  • devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  • fabricate verb To manufacture or build something, especially by assembling parts.
  • invent verb To create or design something new that didn't exist before.
  • plan noun A set of intended actions worked out in advance to achieve a goal.

Senses

inventare is used for these senses in English:

  • come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
  • fabricate (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
  • invent To design a new process or mechanism.
  • make up To invent, to imagine, to concoct
  • plan (transitive) To create a plan for.
  • think up (idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.

contrive — full definition

  1. verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  2. verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
  3. verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
  4. verb To spend (time, or a period).

devise — full definition

  1. verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  2. verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.

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