Invent and Let

Invent

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Let and invent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Let" instead a verb "Invent".

Let

Let verb - To give permission to.

Invent and let are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Invent" instead a verb "Let".

Nearby Word: letting

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

person invent person let person
character invent character let character
life invent life let life
word invent word let word
Other words: name, system, way, characters, game, story, door.

Both words in one sentence

  • Lets Play / Kurtjmac During his DIRT 3 Let's Play, Kurt notes that he's running out of euphemisms and must invent new ones.
  • Bullet Time The Wachowskis, in the making-of features, snark that they only had to invent it because Director of Photography Bill Pope "wouldn't let us strap him to a rocket."
    Source: Bullet Time
  • Rather than invent a background and have to explain it, or risk re-inventing the wheel, let's just steal one.
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