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# invention

«invention» in Mova's school 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/school/I/invention/#m1)

2) Invention is the act of inventing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/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/school/I/invention/#m3)

### sense in the 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

- The light bulb was an important invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x1)
- The invention of the wheel made travel easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x2)
- My invention is a machine that walks the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x3)
- The telephone was Alexander Graham Bell's invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x4)
- His excuse was pure invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x5)
- We entered our inventions in the science fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x6)
- The internet is one of the biggest inventions of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x7)
- Ah, yes; sleep is a capital invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/#x8)

### 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

- [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/)
- [Roots ending in t or te take -tion: act, action; invent, invention; complete, completion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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