# invented

Pronunciation: say "in-VEN-tid" /ɪnˈvɛntɪd/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of invent. — simple past and past participle of invent
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of invent. Use this form for something someone made or thought up earlier.
   - _Edison invented several devices that changed everyday life._
   - _The new alphabet was invented by a single scholar in the ninth century._

## Adjective

2. Fictional or imaginary; created in the mind or in fiction rather than existing in reality.
   - Simple: Not real but made up, existing only in the mind or in a story.
   - _The novel takes place in an invented country with its own laws and customs._
   - _Critics dismissed the memoir's most dramatic scenes as invented._

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