present participle of invent

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invent

Capable of being invented.

plural of inventiveness

a new thing made or thought of for the first time

to create something useful for the first time

(business, engineering, idiomatic) Invented outside one's own organization (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).

(Christianity) The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 C.E..

A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it.

The reason for something (specified) existing; the purpose fulfilled by something.