invent

verb (invent, invents, invented, inventing)

«invent» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To make or design something new that did not exist before. tree →
To make up a story or excuse that is not true. tree →

In the lessons

In science and history, inventors invented things like the light bulb, the telephone and the bicycle; an invention solves a problem. In design lessons, pupils invent their own gadgets. In everyday life, inventing an excuse means making up something untrue. Phrases: invent a machine, invent a game, invent an excuse, invented by.

Examples

Who invented the telephone? tree →
We invented a new game at lunch. tree →
The wheel was invented thousands of years ago. tree →
She invented a machine to feed her cat. tree →
He invented an excuse for being late. tree →
Let's invent a story about a talking frog. tree →
You will not learn how to invent anything." tree →

Note

Regular verb: invented, inventing. The person is an "inventor", the thing is an "invention". Confusion: you "invent" something new, but you "discover" something that already existed, such as a new planet or a fossil.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition speaks of the alphabet as something God inspired a scribe to invent, linking the making of letters to the making of the world. In the primary lessons: In science and history, inventors invented things like the light bulb, the telephone and the bicycle; an invention solves a problem. In design lessons, pupils invent their own gadgets. In everyday life, inventing an excuse means making up something untrue. Phrases: invent a machine, invent a game, invent an excuse, invented by.

Examples

Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
(1) "isiD (Scribe), the man whom God inspired to invent the alphabet; (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
bols were alre;iily in existence from tiie time the numerals were invented. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

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