invention (Meaning)
invention (n)
the creation of something in the mind
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
the act of inventing
invention (n.)
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.
Thought; idea.
A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
Synonyms & Antonyms of invention
invention Sentence Examples
- The printing press was a groundbreaking invention that revolutionized the spread of knowledge.
- The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, transformed communication across the world.
- Marie Curie's discovery of radioactivity was a pivotal invention in the field of science.
- The internet is considered one of the most significant inventions of the modern era.
- Leonardo da Vinci's sketches contain numerous inventions ahead of his time.
- The light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, illuminated the world in a new way.
- The invention of the wheel was a crucial milestone in human history.
- The airplane, invented by the Wright brothers, enabled human flight.
- Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable-type printing press paved the way for mass production of books.
- The automobile, a revolutionary invention, changed the way people traveled and lived.
FAQs About the word invention
the creation of something in the mind, a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation, the act of inventingThe act of finding out
innovation, contrivance, coinage, device, gadget, concoction, design,creation, work, conception
reproduction, facsimile, copy, replication, duplication, imitation, duplicate, facsimile, copy, imitation
The printing press was a groundbreaking invention that revolutionized the spread of knowledge.
The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, transformed communication across the world.
Marie Curie's discovery of radioactivity was a pivotal invention in the field of science.
The internet is considered one of the most significant inventions of the modern era.
