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Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.
Eric Betzig

Meaning of "invention" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INVENTION

invention  [ɪnˈvɛnʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVENTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Invention is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INVENTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

invention

Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process. The invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product, or a new process for creating an object or a result. An invention that achieves a completely unique function or result may be a radical breakthrough. Such works are novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field. Some inventions can be patented. A patent legally protects the intellectual property rights of the inventor and legally recognizes that a claimed invention is actually an invention. The rules and requirements for patenting an invention vary from country to country, and the process of obtaining a patent is often expensive. Another meaning of invention is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviours adopted by people and passed on to others. The Institute for Social Inventions collected many such ideas in magazines and books. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.

Definition of invention in the English dictionary

The first definition of invention in the dictionary is the act or process of inventing. Other definition of invention is something that is invented. Invention is also the discovery or production of some new or improved process or machine that is both useful and is not obvious to persons skilled in the particular field.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INVENTION


ascension
əˈsɛnʃən
attention
əˈtɛnʃən
chemoprevention
ˌkiːməʊprɪˈvɛnʃən
convention
kənˈvɛnʃən
dimension
dɪˈmɛnʃən
extension
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
intention
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
intervention
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃən
mention
ˈmɛnʃən
nonintervention
ˌnɒnɪntəˈvɛnʃən
obvention
ɒbˈvɛnʃən
pension
ˈpɛnʃən
preconvention
ˌpriːkənˈvɛnʃən
prevention
prɪˈvɛnʃən
reinvention
ˌriːɪnˈvɛnʃən
retention
rɪˈtɛnʃən
subvention
səbˈvɛnʃən
supervention
ˌsuːpəˈvɛnʃən
suspension
səˈspɛnʃən
tension
ˈtɛnʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVENTION

invendibility
invendible
invenit
invent
inventable
inventible
inventional
inventionless
inventive
inventively
inventiveness
inventor
inventoriable
inventorial
inventorially
inventoried
inventories
inventory
inventory control
inventress

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVENTION

abstention
accident prevention
accreditation
armed intervention
bone of contention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
contention
contravention
crime prevention
detention
dissention
distention
fire prevention
Geneva Convention
honourable mention
inattention
indention
National Convention
obtention
political convention
selective attention

Synonyms and antonyms of invention in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INVENTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «invention» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of invention

Translation of «invention» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVENTION

Find out the translation of invention to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of invention from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «invention» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

invención
570 millions of speakers

English

invention
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आविष्कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِخْتِرَاعٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изобретение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

invenção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ভাবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

invention
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ciptaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erfindung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

発明
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penemuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phát minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்டுபிடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

icat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

invenzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wynalazek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

винахід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

invenție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εφεύρεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitvinding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppfinning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppfinnelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of invention

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVENTION»

The term «invention» is very widely used and occupies the 10.473 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVENTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «invention» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «invention» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about invention

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10 QUOTES WITH «INVENTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word invention.
1
Dave Barry
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
2
Pierre Bayle
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.
3
John Berger
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
4
Nicolas Berggruen
California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.
5
Henry Bessemer
I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention.
6
Eric Betzig
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.
7
John Bruton
The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.
8
Robert Byrne
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
9
Henry Charles Carey
The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population.
10
Alex Chiu
I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVENTION»

Discover the use of invention in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to invention and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Invention: The Care and Feeding of Ideas
If this book has any value at all, it is to call people's attention to what is happening in the intellectual world and the world of invention, and to call their attention to these things fundamentally for the purpose of getting them to take ...
Norbert Wiener, 1994
2
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
‎2007
3
The Kids' Invention Book
Turning dreams into inventions can be a challenge, but lots of kids do it every day. The Kids' Invention Book takes kids step-by-step through the creative process, from finding the inspiration to building a model.
Arlene Erlbach, 2011
4
The Invention of Heterosexuality
Widely reviewed and praised in hardcover, this work is the first book to study the social construction of heterosexuality.
Jonathan Katz, 2007
5
The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and ...
This book examines the history of the passport and state control of population movement.
John Torpey, 2000
6
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business ...
This groundbreaking book by the acclaimed Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of biological concept of race--revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases--continues to undermine a ...
Dorothy Roberts, 2013
7
Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the ...
Exploring privileged Confederate women's wartime experiences, this book chronicles the clash of the old and the new within a group that was at once the beneficiary and the victim of the social order of the Old South.
Drew Gilpin Faust, 2004
8
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us ...
In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban economist, declares that cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in both cultural and economic terms) places to live.
Edward Glaeser, 2011
9
Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide
The book's teachings are grounded in "old school" principles of patent practice that, before now, have been learned only on the job from supervisors and mentors.
Ronald D. Slusky, 2007
10
The Invention of Tradition
This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British ...
Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVENTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term invention is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Battelle Invention May Be Potential Crime Fighting Tool - WBNS-10TV
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new tool that literally could change the face of law enforcement has been created by Battelle Memorial Institute and it ... «10TV, Jul 15»
2
Hackaday Prize Entry: Orchestral Invention Defies Convention …
Like many of us, [Laurens] likes video game music and bending hardware to his will. Armed with a Printrbot, a couple of floppy drives, and ... «Hackaday, Jul 15»
3
Kids Learning Science and Technology at Camp Invention
Science, technology, engineering and math are just some of the valuable subjects kids are learning at Camp Invention. Camp Invention is a ... «WABI, Jul 15»
4
Students explore robotics, invention at ISD summer camp - The …
This week's camp, Discovery Zone, was offered for preschool through high school seniors to learn about invention. In June, a camp was offered ... «The Daily Nonpareil, Jul 15»
5
In Baahubali, the Invention of a New Language Called Kiliki - NDTV …
A lot has already been written and raved about, regarding the painstaking amount of detailing that has gone into the making of the magnus ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
6
Hutchison granted Chinese invention patent | Interactive Investor
Hutchison granted Chinese invention patent. By StockMarketWire | Fri, 17th July 2015 - 09:07. Hutchison China MediTech ( AIM : HCM) has announced that ... «Interactive Investor, Jul 15»
7
This Invention Is A Road Trip Lifesaver! | Cambio
This might be the most amazing thing ever invented for trucks. I realize that truck-accessory innovation isn't a hot topic, but this invention is ... «Cambio, Jul 15»
8
Apple Breathes New Life into their Headset Display Invention
Apple invention provides a video headset frame that allows a user to ... You could read all about the foundational features of this invention in ... «Patently Apple, Jul 15»
9
Apple's Force Touch for iPhone Invention was Published Today …
Apple's Invention Relates to Force Touch for the iPhone. Apple's ... Apple's invention was published and found in Europe today. Apple's ... «Patently Apple, Jul 15»
10
BEA's Camp Invention keeps youngsters' brains busy during summer
In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the Bald Eagle Area School District hosted Camp Invention for kids in first through sixth ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»

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