invention

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invention is on the Basic English 850 List.
interest - invention - iron

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Singular
invention

Plural
inventions

  1. something that has been invented
    Nowadays, we can buy new inventions as soon as they are made.
  2. the action of inventing something
  3. the ability to invent
    It took quite a bit of invention to come up with the toothbrush.

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