(~s)
1.
An ~ is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
The spinning wheel was a Chinese ~.
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2.
Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
...the ~ of the telephone.
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3.
If you refer to someone’s account of something as an ~, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure ~.
= fabrication
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4.
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
...his great powers of ~.
= creativity
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