English-Italian translations for invent

• escogitare
• inventare
  Dobbiamo inventare soluzioni nuove e nuovi atteggiamenti sociali. We need to invent new responses and new social attitudes.
  Non dobbiamo quindi più inventare cattive risposte a buone domande. So we must not invent bad replies to good questions either.
  Perché dobbiamo sempre affannarci a inventare di nuovo la ruota dappertutto? 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