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# invention

«invention» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a new thing or idea that someone has made or thought of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an invention, inventions; invention — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An invention is a new thing or idea that someone has made or thought of for the first time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#m1)

2) Invention is the act of inventing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#m2)

3) An invention can also be a made-up story that is not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: One writer says the invention of letters was long spoken of as being like the creation of the universe. In the primary lessons: In science and history lessons inventions like the wheel, printing press, telephone and internet changed how people live; pupils design their own inventions. Phrases: «a great invention», «the invention of», «necessity is the mother of invention».

### examples

- invention of letters was anciently spoken of as the creation of the universe. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x1)
- '"The invention of Signs to represent numbers is doubtless much older than any form ol writing" (Chambers Encyclopaedia, 1893, Vol. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x2)
- The invention of such an alphabet as the Libyan must have con- sisted, chiefly of symbols for consonants, because vowel sym- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x3)
- Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. (Writings ECC.7.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x4)
- The light bulb was an important invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x5)
- The invention of the wheel made travel easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x6)
- My invention is a machine that walks the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x7)
- The telephone was Alexander Graham Bell's invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x8)
- His excuse was pure invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x9)
- We entered our inventions in the science fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x10)
- The internet is one of the biggest inventions of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x11)
- Ah, yes; sleep is a capital invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/#x12)

### note

Countable for things, uncountable for the activity. Verb: invent; person: inventor. Trap: invention vs discovery — you invent something new (a machine) but discover something already there (a planet, a law of nature).

### In the corpora

- [Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.151/)
- [Every big invention, such as the telephone, seemed strange or scary at first and later became normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/16/)
- [Getting used to an invention does not mean ignoring its real risks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/17/)
- [The Head Chief says Taffy has made a great invention which men will one day call writing, though pictures are not always understood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/6/)
- [The Head Chief: «It is a great invention, and some day men will call it writing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «invention» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invention/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.