Synonym: conception, design, excogitation, innovation. Similar words: convention, conventional, prevention, intervention, invent, inventory, investigation, mention. Meaning: [ɪn'venʃn] 
n. 1. the creation of something in the mind 2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation 3. the act of inventing.
n. 1. the creation of something in the mind 2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation 3. the act of inventing. 
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(1) Necessity is the mother of invention. Plato 
(2) The invention is a collective effort.
(3) The dishwasher is a wonderful invention.
(4) Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.
(5) They demonstrated the new invention to us.
(6) The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
(7) The invention of the wheel was a milestone in the history of the world.
(8) He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it.
(9) The invention of the computer was a milestone in the history of man.
(10) This new invention will bring you great profits like a goldmine.
(11) This invention is ascribed to Edison.
(12) This story is apparently a complete invention.
(13) This new invention has an enormous sales potential.
(14) His powers of invention are somewhat limited.
(15) It's a most useful invention.
(16) The new invention contains wonderful possibilities.
(17) This invention heralded the age of the computer.
(18) Come along[sentencedict.com], someone must want to know my invention.
(19) The whole story is a pure invention.
(20) His invention was not commercially successful.
(21) This invention marked the beginning of the modern age.
(22) They accredited the invention of the telephone to Bell.
(23) Most of what he says is pure invention!
(24) How long does it take to patent an invention?
(25) The obvious question is - does his invention work?
(26) Your invention is clever, but not practical.
(27) They generalised the use of a new invention.
(28) He signed away all his rights to the invention.
(29) The invention of printing caused important changes in society.
(30) This combination of cheese and apples is not an invention of the north of England.
More similar words: convention, conventional, prevention, intervention, invent, inventory, investigation, mention, attention, not to mention, pay attention to, identification, a bone of contention, investment, direct investment, invitation, conversation, orientation, presentation, concentration, implementation, representation, invest, investor, sentiment, inveterate, environmental protection, investigate, investigator, convenience.