invention
pronunciation
How to pronounce invention in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvenʃn]
How to pronounce invention in American English:
US [ɪnˈvenʃn]
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- Noun:
- the creation of something in the mind
- a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- the act of inventing
Word Origin
- invention (n.)
- c. 1400, "devised method of organization," from Old French invencion (13c.) and directly from Latin inventionem (nominative inventio) "faculty of invention; a finding, discovery," noun of action from past participle stem of invenire "devise, discover, find," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning "finding or discovering of something" is early 15c. in English; sense of "thing invented" is first recorded 1510s. Etymological sense preserved in Invention of the Cross, Church festival (May 3) celebrating the reputed finding of the Cross of the Crucifixion by Helena, mother of Constantine, in 326 C.E.
Example
- 1. But how do you measure one invention against another ?
- 2. The invention was a success , and other countries gradually adopted the new system .
- 3. Anything not given in experience is mere invention and must be ruthlessly discarded .
- 4. Their invention conquered the world .
- 5. But is it a media invention ?