n.
Pronunciation: in- ' ven(t)-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : DISCOVERY , FINDING
2 : productive imagination : INVENTIVENESS
3 a : something invented: as (1) : a product of the imagination especially : a false conception (2) : a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment b : a short keyboard composition featuring two- or three-part counterpoint
4 : the act or process of inventing