Invention

Definition

invention / Çn'venʃn / n ၁။ (က) [U] တီထြင္မႈ။ the invention of radio by Marconi ❍ a tool of her own invention (ie invented by herself). (ခ) [C] တီထြင္မႈ။ the scientific inventions of the 20th century. (ဂ) [U] တီထြင္ႏိုင္စြမ္း။ ထြင္ဉာဏ္။ admire sb's artistry and invention. ၂။ ( euph ) (က) [U] ထြင္လံုး။ I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention. (ခ) [C] ထြင္လံုး။ The mysterious stranger she mentioned turned out to be an invention.

Examples

1. Inventions like the electric light bulb changed the way people lived.
2. [invention of] : Global communication was transformed by the invention of the Internet.
3. All that gossip he told me about Melanie was pure invention.
4. By comparison
5. British artists seemed to lack imagination and invention.