изобрета́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
• contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
• invent verb To create or design something new that didn't exist before.

Senses

изобрета́ть is used for these senses in English:

• concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
• contrive To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
• invent To design a new process or mechanism.

concoct — full definition

1. verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
2. verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.

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).

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