English

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. Something invented.

#: My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.
#: I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.

1. The capacity to invent.

#: It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.

1. music A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach�s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

#: I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.

Translations

Dutch: uitvinding f
Finnish: keksintö (1)
French: invention f
German: Erfindung f
Greek: ε�ε��ε�η (efévresi) f
Hebrew: ��צ�� f
Hungarian: találmány
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Italian: invenzione f
Lithuanian: išradimas m
Polish: wynalazek m
Portuguese: invenção f
Slovene: izum m (1)
Spanish: invención f
Turkish: icat
Urdu: ا�جاد (e-jaad) f

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