English-Danish translations for invent

• opfinde
  Rådet er faktisk i gang med at opfinde den dybe tallerken. The Council is actually inventing the wheel.
  De må ikke fabrikeres, og de må ikke opfindes. It must not be manufactured and it must not be invented.
  Hvorfor skal vi opfinde hjulet igen overalt? Why do we need to re-invent the wheel everywhere?

Definition of invent

• To design a new process or mechanism
• To create something fictional for a particular purpose
• To come upon; to find; to discover

Examples

• After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
• I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
• We need a name to put in this form, so lets just invent one.

Related words

• inventor
• invention
• reinvent
• inventory
• reinvention
• inventive
• invented
• inventorize
• inventiveness