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

Noun

1. something that is invented

2. the act of inventing

3. creative power; inventive skill

4. Euphemistic a lie: his story is a malicious invention

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

noun 2. development, design, production, setting up, foundation, construction, constitution, creation, discovery, introduction, establishment, pioneering, formation, innovation, conception, masterminding, formulation, inception, contrivance, origination

noun 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

noun 4. creativity, vision, imagination, initiative, enterprise, inspiration, genius, brilliance, ingenuity, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness, creativeness, ingeniousness, imaginativeness

Translations

invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən] n → invento (= inventiveness); inventiva (= lie); invención f

invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən] invent n → invention f

invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən] invent n → Erfindung f

invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən] n → invenzione f