invention
US: /ˌɪnˈvɛnʃən/
UK: /ɪnvˈɛnʃən/
UK: /ɪnvˈɛnʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
invention /in'venʃn/
- danh từ
- sự phát minh, sự sáng chế; vật phát minh, vật sáng chế; sáng kiến
- tài phát minh, tài sáng chế; óc sáng tạo
- sự sáng tác; vật sáng tác
- chuyện đặt
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a thing or an idea that has been invented: Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time. + This combination of cheese and apples is not an invention of the north of England.
2 [U] the act of inventing sth: Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press.
3 [C, U] the act of inventing a story or an idea and pretending that it is true; a story invented in this way: This story is apparently a complete invention. + What would he tell his parents? Some invention and quick thinking-that's what was needed.
4 [U] the ability to have new and interesting ideas: John was full of invention-always making up new dance steps and sequences.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 creation, origination, contriving, devising, conception, contrivance, introduction, development:
The invention of the screwdriver has spared many a broken fingernail.
2 creation, contrivance, device, gadget, Colloq contraption, US gismo or gizmo:
Thomas Edison held patents on a huge number of inventions.
3 fiction, figment, story, fantasy, fabrication, tale, fable, yarn, fib, tall story or tale, falsification, fake, sham, falsehood, lie, prevarication:
Her claim that the accident was my fault is a flagrant invention.
Collocation dictionary
1 new thing
ADJ.
latest, new | modern | brilliant, ingenious, wonderful | successful
VERB + INVENTION
come up with, design | patent, register
He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it.
2 untrue story
ADJ.
pure
Most of what he says is pure invention!
PHRASES
power/powers of invention
His powers of invention are somewhat limited.
Concise English dictionary
inventionsɪn'venʃn
noun
+the creation of something in the mind
+a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
+the act of inventing
