{
    "term": "invent",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "invent",
            "heSheIt": "invents"
        },
        "pastSimple": "invented",
        "pastParticiple": "invented",
        "ingForm": "inventing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to produce or design something that has not existed before",
            "sensetop": "invent something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who invented the steam engine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish mobile phones had never been invented!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The term ‘sociology’ was invented by Auguste Comte."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He practically invented the modern stand-up comedy act."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Louis Braille invented an alphabet to help blind people."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["practically", "virtually", "single-handedly"],
                "phrases": ["newly invented"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say or describe something that is not true, especially in order to trick people",
            "sensetop": "invent something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What excuse did he invent this time?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many children invent an imaginary friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He considered inventing some pretext for calling her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I did not have to invent any tales about my past."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvent/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invent__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvents/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invents__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈventɪd/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invented__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈventɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/invent/inventing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvent/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invent__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvents/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invents__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈventɪd/",
                "audio": "in/invent/invented__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈventɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/invent/inventing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’."
}