invention

in·ven·tion  (n-vnshn)

n.

1. The act or process of inventing: used a technique of her own invention.

2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation: the phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.

3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.

4. Skill in inventing; inventiveness: "the invention and sweep of the staging" (John Simon).

5. Music A short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally.

6. A discovery; a finding.

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[Middle English invencioun, scheme, plan, from Old French invencion, a finding out, from Latin inventi, inventin-, inventiveness, from inventus, past participle of invenre, to find; see invent.]

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in·vention·al adj.

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invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən]

n

1. the act or process of inventing

2. something that is invented

3. (Law) Patent law the discovery or production of some new or improved process or machine that is both useful and is not obvious to persons skilled in the particular field

4. creative power or ability; inventive skill

5. Euphemistic a fabrication; lie

6. (Literature / Rhetoric) (in traditional rhetoric) one of the five steps in preparing a speech or discourse: the process of finding suitable topics on which to talk or write

7. (Music / Classical Music) Music a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint

8. (Sociology) Sociol the creation of a new cultural pattern or trait

inventional  adj

inventionless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	invention - the creation of something in the mind excogitation, innovation, conception, design creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create concoction - the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories" contrivance - the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
	2.	invention - a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation innovation creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
	3.	invention - the act of inventing creating by mental acts - the act of creating something by thinking neologism, neology, coinage - the act of inventing a word or phrase devisal, contrivance - the act of devising something

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invention

noun

1. creation, machine, device, design, development, instrument, discovery, innovation, gadget, brainchild (informal), contraption, contrivance It's been tricky marketing his new invention.

2. development, design, production, setting up, foundation, construction, constitution, creation, discovery, introduction, establishment, pioneering, formation, innovation, conception, masterminding, formulation, inception, contrivance, origination fifty years after the invention of the printing press

3. fiction, story, fantasy, lie, yarn, fabrication, concoction, falsehood, fib (informal), untruth, urban myth, prevarication, tall story (informal), urban legend, figment or product of (someone's) imagination The story was undoubtedly pure invention.

4. creativity, vision, imagination, initiative, enterprise, inspiration, genius, brilliance, ingenuity, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness, creativeness, ingeniousness, imaginativeness powers of invention and mathematical ability

Translations

invention [ɪnˈvenʃən] N

1. (= act) → invención f; (= machine) → invento m, invención f

2. (= inventiveness) → inventiva f

3. (= falsehood) → mentira f, invención f
it's pure invention → es pura invención
it's invention from start to finish → es mentira desde el principio hasta el fin

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invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃ^ən] n

[device, technique, game] → invention f

(= fabrication) → invention f
It was pure invention → C'était de la pure invention.

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invention

n

→ Erfindung f; of one’s own invention → selbsterfunden

(= inventiveness) → Fantasie f

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invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃ/ən] n → invenzione f

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