invented

in-VEN-tid/ɪnˈvɛntɪd/

2 meanings of invented

1
verb
Past tense and past participle of invent. Use this form for something someone made or thought up earlier.
He invented a small toy for his little sister.
Many useful tools were invented hundreds of years ago.
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2
adjective
Not real but made up, existing only in the mind or in a story.
Like a creature in a fairy tale: it lives only in stories, not in real life.
She told an invented story about meeting a dragon in the woods.
His excuse sounded completely invented, and nobody believed him.
Similarfictional, imaginary, made-up, fabricated, fictitious
Oppositereal, actual, true, factual
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invented is a form of invent

invent, verb: To think of and make something completely new, like a machine or a way of doing things. Full entry

Forms: inventinvents he/she/itinventing -ing forminvented past tense, past participle
Spelling: invent → invented: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.

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