Meaning of invented in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    invented

    Definitions

    1. formed or conceived by the imagination

    Examples

    • « a fabricated excuse for his absence »
    • « a fancied wrong »
    • « a fictional character »
    • « used fictitious names »
    • « a made-up story »

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Famous quotes

  • « Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head. »
    Tony Parsons
  • « If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger. »
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  • « If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea. »
    Salman Rushdie
  • « Technology has to be invented or adopted. »
    Jared Diamond
  • « The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. »
    Bertrand Russell

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