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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(61) He's been trying to determine if there is a market for his invention.
(62) The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women.
(63) In 1995 he was granted a patent for his invention.
(64) The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
(65) I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.
(66) He staked his reputation on the success of the invention.
(67) The fundamental problem lies in their inability to distinguish between reality and invention.
(68) It was an invention which laid the foundations of modern radio technology.
(69) The new invention would have wide application / a wide range of applications in industry.
(70) The invention of the silicon chip was a landmark in the history of the computer.
(71) His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and out-right invention.
(72) Conscience is a Jewish invention. Adolf Hitler 
(73) And they come about through inheritance, acquisition or invention.
(74) The possible applications of this invention are limitless.
(75) Authoritarianism is historically inimical to genuine invention.
(76) His invention, Freenet, bypasses government-approved or commercially driven ISPs.
(77) Composed in 1849, Sellers says the piece owes its life to a technological breakthrough: the invention of the valve.
(78) Prior to the invention of agriculture, game was both the primary diet and the focus of battles in the fields.
(78) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
(79) His crowning achievement was his invention of the railroad air brake.
(80) This new problem calls for the invention of new hypotheses, followed by renewed criticism and testing.
(81) Selling an invention, or even suppressing one, is quite as legal as your own business activities.
(82) Despite the invention of the mechanical clock, for most people time remained uneven in quality.
(83) Almost since the invention of the notebook computer, buyers have complained about its cost.
(84) Most ideas for invention go no further than the chalkboard.
(85) The easiest way to earn money from a patented invention is to license some one else to use it, and collect royalties.
(86) Wells was captivated by the wave of optimism engendered by the great age of heroic invention at the turn of the century.
(87) The problem of tracing the invention of enamel is made more difficult by failing to distinguish it more certainly from glass.
(88) For example, the employer may be shown to have an increased order book after the invention has been patented.
(89) Invention is the first stage in the process of technological innovation.
(90) Last, but not least, workers have fretted about being displaced by machines ever since the invention of the printing press.
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.