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    [Noun]  | "in*ven*tion" | \ in-ˈven(t)-shən \


    1: something invented: such as

    2: a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment

    3: a product of the imagination; especially : a false conception

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "self-in*ven*tion" | \ ˌself-in-ˈven-shən \


    1: the act or an instance of inventing or creating one's identity or conception of oneself

    Origin: 1914 ;

    [Idiom]  | "necessity is the mother of invention" 


    1: —used to say that new ways to do things are found or created when there is a strong and special need for them

    [Noun]  | "invention" 


    1: something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination;


      * e.g., " ... his clever invention made people's lives easier "




    2: something that is the product of the imagination;


      * e.g., " ... unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention "



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    3: the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others;


      * e.g., " ... a writer with great invention, she is able to create on the page worlds that don't exist but certainly seem like they could "



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     [ "invented" ]

    1: come up with

      * e.g.,  ... For example Ford was done walking and horse riding so he invented the model T 

     [ "inventive" ]

    1: having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

      * e.g.,  ... person one: i head she came up with that all on her own! 

     [ "invent" ]

    1: To make something popular, or a trend. Opposed to the literal definition of invent, to claim that one invented something means they endorsed said thing to it's popularity.

      * e.g.,  ... "I invented the piano-key necktie. I INVENTED IT!" 

     [ "the invention" ]

    1: The invention is a device that helps u get really high when smoking a joint. Essentially the invention traps the smoke off of the cherry of the joint then after your hit of the joint u inhale the smoke you trapped. It was invented by Wyatt but now he no longer uses his invention because he says its N A S T y

      * e.g.,  ... Dude passs me the invention my hit is up you curly haired fuck 

     [ "to invent" ]

    1: not to be confused with, and the exact opposite of, to discover.

      * e.g.,  ... you use the 7 I's of Steve Jobs to invent something new and intelligent; to discover is to invent a new use for a concept that someone else has invented (or one that has existed in nature pre-humanity) 

     [ "inventation" ]

    1:  n, An invention that has not yet been invented.

      * e.g.,  ... Leonardo da Vinci drew many inventations of submarines and helicopters but never built them. 

     [ "inventation" ]

    2:  n, an invention that is still an idea

     [ "inventered" ]

    1: To invent something stupid

      * e.g.,  ... My buddy Rhett inventered a new word. 

     [ "inventitis" ]

    1: Pronunciation: \in-'ven(t)-i-tes\ Function: noun the extreme longing to invent something; most often a new word. inflammation of an invention.

      * e.g.,  ... "I got a bad case of inventitis, i wish i could be like the guy that invented the pet rock." 

     [ "Inventation" ]

    1: From "invent" and "invitation". Lacking a formal invitation, inventing your own; to invite one's self

      * e.g.,  ... I knew they wouldn't mind me coming by, but they hadn't invited me; so I went on my own inventation. 

     [ "Stop inventing" ]

    1: Get out of here with your bs ideas

      * e.g.,  ... “Carlos give 10 car lengths to Charles” “Please don’t ask these things; stop inventing” 

     [ "Stop inventing" ]

    2: Get lost with your absurd ideas

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