invention
(noun)
noun
1. the creation of something in the mind
Similar word(s): conception, design, excogitation, innovation
Definition categories: thought, creativeness, creativity
2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Similar word(s): innovation
Definition categories: man–made, creation
3. the act of inventing
Definition categories: act
Sentences with invention as a noun:
- My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.
- I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.
- The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
- It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
- I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
- That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.