Invention

English

Noun

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.

2. The capacity to invent.

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

3. (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.

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