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Definition: Invented |
InventedAdjective1. Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "invented" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: InventedSynonyms: fabricated (adj), fancied (adj), fictional (adj), fictitious (adj), made-up (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Untruth | Adjective: untrue, false, phony, trumped up; void of foundation, without-foundation; fictive, far from the truth, false as dicer's oaths; unfounded, ben trovato, invented, fabulous, fabricated, forged; fictitious, factitious, supposititious, surreptitious; elusory, illusory; ironical; soi-disant; (misnamed). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Invented |
| Etymologies containing "invented": Boucherize ♦ Ester ♦ invent ♦ salmagundi, sequoia. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He's the reason Cliffs Notes were invented. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) I'm from Los Angeles, we invented gangs. (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson) My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.) If the good Lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller-skates. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) Madame, such a device has yet to be invented. (Evil Under the Sun; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Anthony Shaffer) | |
Lyrics | Who invented party anthems to ease stress away (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) That I'd invented inside my head (Fortress Around Yur Heart; performing artist: Sting) | |
Clever | I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. (references; author: Mark Twain) The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (references; author: unknown) What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? All invented by women. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Sextometer invented by Carl Aslakson Known distance between sighting points Sextant angle varies with distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Charles D. Sigsbee Commanded the Coast Survey Steamer BLAKE Invented Sigsbee Sounding Machine With Alexander Agassiz was first to use steel cable for deepsea oceanography Known for commanding the MAINE when sunk at Havana. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Figure 4. A lead fish used for continuous sounding operations at slow speed. This device was invented in 1914 and improved by Pierre Marti in 1920. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 7. Bonnici sounder, invented by Carmelo Bonnici, a blacksmith on HMS SPITFIRE. This device was used in surveys in the Black Sea in 1855. Left: descending. Right: Schematic drawing of the apparatus after striking the bottom. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 33. Meyer slow registering thermometer invented by Dr. Adolph Meyer and first used on the POMMERANIA in 1871 and then by various German scientific studies. It was used down to 50 meters but would stay submerged for about an hour to register the proper temperature because it was highly insulated. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 47. Scotch messenger mounting invented by Hugh R. Mill who was inspired by the mounting devised by George Rung. Mill also incorporated design elements of the Magnaghi mounting. This instrument was first used in a series of observations from the ARK in 1884 in studies undertaken from the Scottish Marine Station at Granton. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 62. Breguet-Saxton metallic thermometer first invented about 1817 by the instrument maker Louis Abraham Breguet. The first of this type was composed of platinum, silver, and gold with the silver placed in the center. Differential expansion of the metals provided the temperature measurement. In 1848, Joseph Saxton made a similar one for the U. S. Coast Survey but it was inaccurate. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 53. Schmidt burette - although little information exists regarding this instrument, it probably was invented by the German chemist Paul Schmidt for use on the VALDIVIA expedition in 1898-1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 56. Jacobsen device for extracting gases from sea water. This device was invented by Professor Oscar Georg Jacobsen, a member of the German Baltic expedition of 1871-1872. It was based on an instrument conceived by Robert Bunsen. Water samples were obtained by Meyer bottle. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 40. Aneroid barometer register for recording the pressure readings of an aneroid barometer. The aneroid barometer was invented by the French instrument -maker Lucien Vide in 1843. This register was constructed by the firm of Richard Brothers and described by Hippolyte Sebert in 1882 and appeared in the a notice put out by the firm in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christopher Marlowe | Accurst be he that first invented war. |
Heinrich Heine | Matrimony is the high sea for which no compass has yet to be invented. |
Henry David Thoreau | If words were invented to conceal thought, I think that newspapers are a great improvement on a bad invention. |
Jonathan Swift | I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. |
Joseph Joubert | Ornaments were invented by modesty. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left. |
Oscar Wilde | Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others. |
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge | I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for a league. |
Thomas A. Edison | I am glad the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The theoretical conclusions of the Communists are in no way based on ideas or principles that have been invented, or discovered, by this or that would-be universal reformer. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The dressings were complicated and difficult, the fastening of cloths and bandages with sparadrap not being invented at that period. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Turned off that valve at once and opened the spiritualheroic refrigerating apparatus, invented and patented in all countries by Dante Alighieri. |
The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Jack: What on earth do you mean? Algernon: You have invented a very useful younger brother ca |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And now the great owners and the companies invented a new method. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Orimulsion, an emulsion of 70% bitumen and 30% water, was invented by INTEVEP, the research arm of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Moldova | Transnistrian authorities restricted freedom of association by intimidation and prosecution for alleged offenses or on invented charges. (references) |
Economic History | South Korea | Chinese characters (Hanja) were used to write Korean before the Korean Hangul alphabet was invented in the 15th century. (references) |
China | A system of Romanization invented by the Chinese, pinyin has long been widely used in China on street and commercial signs as well as in elementary Chinese textbooks as an aid in learning Chinese characters. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven. |
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Rush Limbaugh | Soft money was invented by creative souls as a way around the current campaign finance structure. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Those are the ideals that invented revolutionary technologies and a culture envied by people everywhere. |
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| "Invented" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 52.61% of the time. "Invented" is used about 1,054 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 52.61% | 554 | 11,262 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 41.61% | 439 | 13,152 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.5% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,054 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "invented": newly-invented, re-invented. | |
Containing "invented": not-invented-here. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "invented"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zbuluar (discovered, explored, overt, roofless, unbacked, uncovered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفتعل (artificial, fabricated), ملفق (fabricated, fabricator, faked, figment, simulated), مختلق (fabricated, fabricator, faker, feigned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 发明 (invent, Inventing, invention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inventé, inventâmes, inventèrent, inventa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erfand (contrived), ausgedacht (cunning, made up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ב"וי (fabricated, false, fictitious, fictive, made up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kitalált (fabricated, fabulous, feigned, fictional, fictitious, fictive, imaginary, made), feltalált. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jadian (derived, made up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 拵え事 (fabrication, invented story). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "しらえ"と (fabrication, invented story). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 발명하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crooit (coined, created), cooinit (remembered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inventeday fantezist (capricious, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, lunar, notionist, phantasmal, strange, whimsical). (various references) изобретать изобретенный. (various references) uppdiktad (fabled, fake, fictional, fictitious, made up, trumped up). (various references) uyduruk (fake, fictitious, made up, trumped-up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inv, invenit. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | matricalis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 26, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen en ierousalhm mhcanaV memhcaneumenaV logistou tou einai epi twn purgwn kai epi twn gwniwn ballein belesin kai liqoiV megaloiV kai hkousqh h kataskeuh autwn ewV porrw oti eqaumastwqh tou bohqhqhnai ewV ou katiscusen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et fecit in Hierusalem diversi generis machinas quas in turribus conlocavit et in angulis murorum ut mitterent sagittas et saxa grandia egressumque est nomen eius procul eo quod auxiliaretur ei Dominus et corroborasset illum |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was helped in a wonderful manner, till he was strong. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 26, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang gihimo sa Jerusalem ang mga maquina, minugna sa batid nga mga tawo, nga igabutang sa mga torre ug ibabaw sa mga torre sa mga pamag-ang, diin himoa ang mga pagpana ug mga pangbuno sa mga bato. Ug ang iyang ngalan nabantug sa bisan diin; kay siya gitabangan sa katingalahan gayud nga paagi, hangtud nga siya nalig-on. |
| Croatian | Napravio je u Jeruzalemu vješto smišljene bojne sprave, iznašašæe nekoga graditelja, da stoje na kulama i na kruništima, da bacaju strijele i veliko kamenje; pronio mu se glas nadaleko jer je uživao èudesnu pomoæ sve dok se nije osilio. |
| Danish | Ligeledes lod han i Jerusalem lave snildt udtænkte Krigsmaskiner, der opstilledes på Tårnene og Murtinderne til at udslynge Pile og store Sten. Og hans Ry nåede viden om, thi på underfuld Måde blev han hjulpet til stor Magt. |
| Dutch | Hij maakte ook te Jeruzalem kunstige werken, bedenking van kunstige werkmeesters, dat zij op de torens en op de hoeken zijn zouden, om met pijlen en met grote stenen, te schieten; zo ging zijn naam tot verre toe uit, want hij werd wonderlijk geholpen, totdat hij sterk was. |
| Finnish | Ja hän teetti Jerusalemiin taidokkaasti sommiteltuja sotakoneita, jotka asetettiin torneihin ja muurien kulmiin ja joilla ammuttiin nuolia ja suuria kiviä. Niin hänen maineensa levisi kauas, sillä hän sai ihmeteltävästi apua, kunnes hän tuli mahtavaksi. |
| French | Il fit faire Jérusalem des machines inventées par un ingénieur, et destinées être placées sur les tours et sur les angles, pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Sa renommée s`étendit au loin, car il fut merveilleusement soutenu jusqu` ce qu`il devînt puissant. |
| German | und machte zu Jerusalem kunstvolle Geschütze, die auf den Türmen und Ecken sein sollten, zu schießen mit Pfeilen und großen Steinen. Und sein Name kam weit aus, darum daß ihm wunderbar geholfen ward, bis er mächtig ward. |
| Hungarian | Készíttete annakfelette Jeruzsálemben értelmes mesteremberek által gépezeteket a tornyok tetején és a kõfal szegletein, nyilaknak és nagy köveknek kihajigálására. És az õ híre messzire elterjede; mert csudálatosan megsegítteték, míglen megerõsödék. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di Yerusalem para ahli senjatanya telah menciptakan alat yang dapat membidikkan anak panah dan batu-batu besar dari dalam menara dan sudut-sudut tembok kota. Uzia termasyhur di mana-mana, dan ia menjadi sangat berkuasa karena Allah sangat menolong dia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diperbuat baginda lagi di Yeruzalem beberapa perkakasan hikmat, yang ditaruh di atas segala menara dan penjuru akan memanahkan anak panah dan melontarkan batu yang besar-besar; maka termasyhurlah nama baginda sampai ke mana-mana, karena baginda ditolong atas peri yang ajaib sekali, sehingga berkuasalah baginda. |
| Maori | I hanga ano e ia etahi mea ki Hiruharama, he mea whakaaro na nga tangata mohio, hei uta ki runga i nga pourewa, i nga pou koki, hei kopere i nga pere, i nga kohatu nunui hoki. A paku ana tona ingoa ki tawhiti; he hanga whakamiharo hoki tona awhi natanga a kaha noa ake ia. |
| Norwegian | I Jerusalem lot han gjøre kunstig innrettede krigsmaskiner, som skulde stilles op på tårnene og murhjørnene til å skyte ut piler og store stener. Og hans navn nådde vidt omkring; for han blev hjulpet på underfull måte, så han fikk stor makt. |
| Portuguese | E em Jerusalém fabricou máquinas, inventadas por peritos, para que fossem colocadas nas torres e nos cantos das muralhas, a fim de se atirarem com elas flechas e grandes pedras. E voou a sua fama até muito longe; porque foi maravilhosamente ajudado, até que se tornou poderoso. |
| Rumanian | A fqcut la Ierusalim mawini iscodite de un mewter, cari aveau sq fie awezate pe turnuri wi pe unghiuri, ca sq arunce sqgeyi wi pietre mari. Faima lui s`a kntins pknq departe, cqci a fost ajutat kn chip minunat pknq ce a ajuns foarte puternic. |
| Swedish | Och han lät i Jerusalem göra krigsredskap, konstmässigt uttänkta, till att sätta upp på tornen och på murarnas hörn, för att med dem avskjuta pilar och stora stenar. Och ryktet om honom gick ut vida omkring, ty underbart hjälptes han fram till makt. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "invented": coinvented, reinvented. (additional references) | |
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"Invented" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incente, incented, intented, inveniendo, invense, inventer, inventid, unavenged. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "invented" (pronounced i'nve"ntud or i'nve"nud) |
| 8 | i' n v e" n t u d | reinvented. |
| 6 | -v e" n t u d | circumvented, prevented, vented. |
| 5 | -e" n t u d | augmented, cemented, consented, contented, demented, dented, discontented, dissented, fermented, lamented, misrepresented, overrepresented, presented, relented, rented, repented, represented, resented, scented, underrepresented, unrepresented. |
| 4 | -n t u d | accented, accounted, acquainted, affronted, amounted, anted, appointed, blunted, chanted, commented, complemented, complimented, confronted, counted, daunted, disappointed, discounted, disenchanted, disjointed, disoriented, documented, enchanted, experimented, fainted, fingerprinted, flaunted, fomented, fragmented, frequented, fronted, granted, grunted, hinted, hunted, implanted, implemented, imprinted, jointed, minted, mounted, oriented, ornamented, painted, panted, patented, pinpointed, planted, pointed, printed, ranted, reappointed, recanted, recounted, regimented, repainted, replanted, reprinted, sainted, segmented, shunted, slanted, sprinted, stunted, supplanted, supplemented, surmounted, tainted, talented, taunted, tinted, tormented, transplanted, unaccounted, uncounted, undaunted, undercounted, undocumented, unpainted, unprecedented, untainted, unwanted, unwarranted, vaunted, wanted, warranted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accredited, accumulated, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, completed, complicated, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disassociated, disconnected, discredited, discriminated, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, dislocated, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fretted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, grated, gravitated, greeted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implicated, imported, impregnated, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, originated, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pirated, pitted, pivoted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repeated, replicated, reported, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supported, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, targeted, tasted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, undated, undefeated, underestimated, underrated, underreported, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untested, untreated, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, venerated, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -n u d | anointed, arachnid, haunted, hominid, subpoenaed, synod. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-n-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: dentine, evident. | |
-2 letters: dentin, devein, endite, endive, envied, evited, indene, indent, intend, invent, tinned, veined, venine, vented. | |
-3 letters: diene, event, evite, inned, nieve, teind, tined, venin, vined. | |
-4 letters: deet, dene, deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dite, dive, edit, eide, even, need, nene, neve, nevi, nide, nine, nite, teed, teen, tend, tide, tied, tine, vein. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-n-n-t-v" | |
+2 letters: coinvented, innervated, intervened, pendentive, reinvented. | |
+3 letters: denervating, denervation, inadvertent, inventoried, pendentives. | |
+4 letters: denervations, denominative, denunciative, disincentive, inadvertence, inadvertency, incentivized, nondeceptive, nondeductive, nondirective, reinnervated, unventilated. | |
+5 letters: denominatives, disincentives, disinvestment, inadvertences, inadvertently, interinvolved, nonderivative, overconfident, overextending, overindulgent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 76 65 6E 74 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ...- . -. - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n v e n t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0076 0065 006E 0074 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380887180867170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanais, albaner, albán, 알"니아, Albaneagh, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, alban, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabe, arabisch, ערבית, ערבי, arab, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, neamţ, немецкий, tysk, alman |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , hongrois, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonésien, Indonesier, indonéz, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, индонезийский, индонезиец, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya | |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonezã, японский, японец, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonezã, японский, японец, japansk, Japonca |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, koreansk, kore'li |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, 罗马尼亚语, Roumain, rumäne, román, 루마니아, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ryss, Rusça |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turque, türkisch, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, א 'לית, angol, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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