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1
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
- his clever invention made people's lives easier
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something that is the product of the imagination
- unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention
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the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
- 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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the skill and imagination to create new things
- a person of seemingly endless invention, Thomas Edison held a world-record 1,093 patents
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“Invention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invention. Accessed 31 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of invention was in the 14th century
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