invention
Something invented.
Noun 4 meanings
Something invented.
“My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.”
The act of inventing.
“The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.”
The capacity to invent.
“It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.”
A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
“I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.”
Etymology
From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion. Displaced native Old English orþanc.
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INVENTION at a glance
INVENTION has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + V 4 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,595 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with invention
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