invent
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈvɛnt/
ɪnˈvɛnt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ɪn - ˈvɛnt -> invent
Myanmar meaning
(v) တီထွင်
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၁။ တီထွင်သည်။ a newly invented sign language ❍ Laszlo Biro invented the ballpoint pen. Compare DISCOVER ၁
၂။ (often derog ) ထွင်သည်။ All the characters in the book are invented. ❍ Can't you invent a better excuse than that?
❑ inventive / Çn'ventÇv / adj (approv ) တီထွင်တတ်သော။ ထွင်ဉာဏ်ရှိသော။ an inventive child/designer/ mind ❍ an inventive design. inventively adv
❑ inventiveness n [U] တီထွင်တတ်မှု။ ထွင်ဉာဏ်။ admire the inventiveness of modern advertising.
❑ inventor n တီထွင်သူ။ Freud, the inventor of psychoanalysis.
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create, discover, devise, formulate, originate, conceive, concoct, ad-lib, author, bear, bring into being, coin, come up with, come upon, compose, conjure up, contrive, cook up, create out of thin air, design, develop, dream up, envision, equivocate, execute, fabricate, fake, falsify, fashion, feign, fib, find, forge, form, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, jam, knock off, lie, make, make believe, make up, mint, misrepresent, misstate, off-the-cuff, plan, pretend, prevaricate, produce, project, simulate, tell a white lie, tell untruth, think up, toss off, trump up, turn out, vamp, wing
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