INVENTION


Meaning of INVENTION in English

noun

1 new thing

ADJECTIVE

▪ latest , new

▪ modern , newfangled

▪ brilliant , ingenious , wonderful

▪ patented

▪ culinary , linguistic , technological , etc.

He dedicated many of his culinary ~s to famous people.

VERB + INVENTION

▪ come up with , design

▪ license , patent , register

He failed to patent his ~ and never made any money from it.

▪ commercialize , market

The two friends started a company to market their ~.

2 untrue story

ADJECTIVE

▪ pure

Most of what he says is pure ~!

PHRASES

▪ power of ~ , powers of ~

His powers of ~ are somewhat limited.

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