adj
Meaning 1
Fictional, made up, imaginary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The invented alibi didn't stand up long.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
invented
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈvɛntɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V EH1 N T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of invent
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: opgemaakte — fictional, made up
- Afrikaans: fiktiewe — fictional, made up
- Esperanto: elpensita — fictional, made up
- Finnish: keksitty — fictional, made up
- French: trouvé — fictional, made up
- German: erfunden — fictional, made up
- Greek: πλαστός (plastós) — fictional, made up
- Irish: cumtha — fictional, made up
- Italian: inventato — fictional, made up
- Latin: prōductus — fictional, made up
- Latin: conglūtinātus — fictional, made up
- Latin: excōgitātus — fictional, made up
- Latin: commentus — fictional, made up
- Latin: cōnfictus — fictional, made up
- Latin: excōgitandus — fictional, made up
- Latin: commenticius — fictional, made up
- Manx: crooit — fictional, made up
- Polish: wymyślony — fictional, made up
- Polish: zmyślony — fictional, made up
- Portuguese: inventado — fictional, made up
- Russian: вы́мышленный (výmyšlennyj) — fictional, made up
- Russian: вы́думанный (výdumannyj) — fictional, made up
- Russian: приду́манный (pridúmannyj) — fictional, made up
- Serbo-Croatian: ѝзмишљен — fictional, made up
- Serbo-Croatian: ìzmišljen — fictional, made up
- Spanish: inventado — fictional, made up
- Ukrainian: ви́гаданий (výhadanyj) — fictional, made up
- Ukrainian: ви́думаний (výdumanyj) — fictional, made up
Real reading context