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How to spell invent

What it means: To create or devise something new.

In a sentence: You can invent a new game to play with your friends. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as invente or invert.

Same family: invention, inventor, inventive, reinvent, invented. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Invent comes from the Latin word 'invenire,' which originally meant 'to come upon' or 'to find.' Over time, the meaning shifted from simply finding something to creating something new in the mind.

Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter

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