inventions

noun

1. 1

   Something invented.

   “I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.”

2. 2

   The act of inventing.

   “The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.”

3. 3

   The capacity to invent.

   “It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.”

4. 4

   A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

   “I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.”

5. 5

   The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

   “That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.”