invention
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invention
- /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
noun inventions
- 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.
- The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery. That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
Similar: discovery
