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{
"term": "invention",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thing or an idea that has been invented",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
},
{
"text": "He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it."
},
{
"text": "The two friends started a company to market their invention."
},
{
"text": "This combination of cheese and apples is not an invention of the north of England."
}
],
"topics": ["History"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["latest", "new", "modern"],
"verb + invention": ["come up with", "design", "license"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of inventing something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press."
},
{
"text": "After the war, Westinghouse devoted himself to invention."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of inventing a story or an idea and pretending that it is true; a story invented in this way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This story is apparently a complete invention."
},
{
"text": "Most of what she says is pure invention."
},
{
"text": "What would he tell his parents? Some invention and quick thinking—that’s what was needed."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["pure"],
"phrases": ["power of invention", "powers of invention"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the ability to have new and interesting ideas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "John was full of invention—always making up new dance steps and sequences."
},
{
"text": "Her powers of invention were somewhat limited."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvenʃn/",
"audio": "in/invention/invention__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvenʃn/",
"audio": "in/invention/invention__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery’): from Latin inventio(n-), from invenire ‘discover’, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’."
}