invention

Plural: inventions

Noun

• the creation of something in the mind
• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
• the act of inventing
• Something invented.
• The act of inventing.
• The capacity to invent.
• A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
• The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

Examples

• I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
• I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.
• It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
• My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.
• That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
• The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.

Synonyms

conception, design, excogitation, innovation, discovery

Related Words

invent, invented, inventional, inventive, inventor, reinvent