invention

Meaning

Noun

• Something invented.
• The act of inventing.
• The capacity to invent.
• A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
• The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

Related

Similar words

• discovery

Origin

• From Middle English invencioun, from Old French invencion, envention, from the Latin inventiō, from inveniō. inventio.