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invention noun

  /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
  • Something invented.
 Erfindung
  • The capacity to invent.
 Einfallsreichtum
  • (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
 Erfinden
  • (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
 Invention

invent verb

  /ɪnˈvɛnt/
  • To design a new process or mechanism.
 erfinden
  • To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
 erfinden, ausdenken

inventive adjective

  /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/
  • Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
 erfinderisch

invented adjective

  /ɪnˈvɛntɪd/
  • fictional, made up, imaginary.
 erfunden

inventiveness noun

  • The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
 Erfindungsreichtum, Einfallsreichtum, Erfindungsgabe
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