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invention

in·ven·tion

UK/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ US/ˌɪˈnvɛnʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

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2.

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

Synonyms
3.

the act of inventing

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Invention of the Cross
  • necessity is the mother of invention

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