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- DictionaryIn·ven·tion/inˈvenSHən/
noun
- 1. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device: "the invention of printing in the 15th century" Similar originationcreationinnovationdevisingcontrivingcontrivanceformulationdevelopmentdesignconceptionmastermindingpioneeringintroductiondiscoveryfinding
- ▪ something, typically a process or device, that has been invented: "medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel" Similar innovationoriginationcreationdesigncontraptioncontrivanceconstructiondevicegadgetapparatusmachinediscoverycoinageinformal:brainchildgizmowidget
- ▪ creative ability: "his powers of invention were rather limited" Similar inventivenessoriginalitycreativitycreativenessimaginationimaginativenessinspirationingenuityingeniousnessresourcefulnessinitiativeenterprisegeniusbrilliancevision
- ▪ something fabricated or made up: "you know my story is an invention" Similar fabricationconcoctionfictionpiece of fictionyarnstorytalefigment of one's imaginationlieuntruthfalsehoodfibtrumped-up storyfake newsalternative factmythfantasyinformal:tall storyfairy storyfairy talecock and bull storyred herringkidology
- ▪ used as a title for a short piece of music: "Bach's two-part Inventions"
Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery’): from Latin inventio(n-), from invenire ‘discover’ (see invent).
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