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Invention

/ɪnˈvenʃən/
A newly created device, method, or process that has not existed before.

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The phone was a great invention.This new invention could change our daily lives.

Etymology:

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Derived from Middle English invention, from Latin inventiō, meaning a finding or discovery, which is from inventus, the past participle of invenīre, meaning to find or discover.

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