English-Finnish translations for invent

• keksiä
  Niitä ei saa tehtailla eikä niitä saa keksiä. It must not be manufactured and it must not be invented.
  Hyvä on, meidän ei tarvitse keksiä pyörää uudestaan. So then, we do not have to re-invent the wheel.
  Ei kannata keksiä koko ajan uusia lakeja. There is no use in inventing new laws all the time.

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