Inventing

//ˈɪnvɛntɪŋ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of invent form-of, gerund, participle, present

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contrivediscoverfabricatemake upmanufactureoriginate

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"He is very bad at inventing excuses."

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