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# patent

«patent» in Mova's school dictionary: **obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (patent, no change); noun (patent, patents)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patent/#m1)

2) A patent is an official right that stops others from copying and selling an invention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales shiny patent leather shoes; in lessons glue or medicine made under a special right and sold by one maker; also used in «patent» meaning obvious

### examples

- Her new shoes were of patent leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patent/#x1)
- The inventor got a patent for his new machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patent/#x2)
- The glue was patent, so no other shop could sell it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patent/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [Metal rivets on jeans were patented (registered as an invention) in 1873 to stop pockets tearing on miners' work trousers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers/8/)
- [Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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