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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |A1|IELTS vocabularyin‧ven‧tion /ɪnˈvenʃən/ noun
اختراع
جعل، ابتکار، قانون فقه: اختراع، روانشناسی: ابداع
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Synonyms & Related Wordsinvention[noun]Synonyms:- creation, brainchild
(informal), contraption, contrivance, design, device, discovery, gadget, instrument
- creativity, genius, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness
- fiction, fabrication, falsehood, fantasy, forgery, lie, untruth, yarn
Related Words: concoction,
contraption,
innovation,
novelty,
creation,
opus,
original [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryin‧ven‧tion /ɪnˈvenʃ
ən/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
invention,
inventiveness,
inventor;
verb:
invent,
reinvent;
adverb:
inventively;
adjective:
inventive]
1. [countable] a useful machine, tool, instrument etc that has been invented:
The dishwasher is a wonderful invention.2. [uncountable] the act of inventing something:
The invention of the computer has revolutionized the business world.3. [uncountable and countable] a story, explanation etc that is not true:
They subsequently admitted that the story was pure invention.4. [uncountable] the ability to think of new and clever ideas:
With such powers of invention, he should get a job easily. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsinvention nounI. new thing ADJ. latest, new | modern | brilliant, ingenious, wonderful | successful VERB + INVENTION come up with, design | patent, register He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
invention II. untrue story ADJ. pure Most of what he says is pure invention! PHRASES power/powers of invention His powers of invention are somewhat limited. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Common Errorsinventionnoun
BAD: Recent inventions in medicine have helped to reduce the rate of infant mortality.
GOOD: Recent advances in medicine have helped to reduce the rate of infant mortality.
Usage Note:When you are talking about the development of new ideas or techniques that have a good effect, use
advance/breakthrough/discovery : 'This new treatment could be the breakthrough that cancer patients have been waiting for.'
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