English Dictionary

invention

/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

noun

Something invented. / The act of inventing. / The capacity to invent. / (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

The telephone is a great invention.

意味（1）

Something invented.

My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.

My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time. (here signifying a process or mechanism not previously devised)

意味（2）

The act of inventing.

The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.

意味（3）

The capacity to invent.

It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.

意味（4）

(music) 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.

意味（5）

(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.