Invention

noun

/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

Word Frequency: 10.3

Definitions

1.nounSomething invented.

"I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention."

2.nounThe act of inventing.

"The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages."

3.nounThe capacity to invent.

"It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it."

4.nounA small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

"I particularly like the inventions in C-minor."

5.nounThe act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

"That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth."