{
    "term": "invention",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing or an idea that has been invented",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two friends started a company to market their invention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This combination of cheese and apples is not an invention of the north of England."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["latest", "new", "modern"],
                "verb + invention": ["come up with", "design", "license"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of inventing something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the war, Westinghouse devoted himself to invention."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of inventing a story or an idea and pretending that it is true; a story invented in this way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This story is apparently a complete invention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of what she says is pure invention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What would he tell his parents? Some invention and quick thinking—that’s what was needed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pure"],
                "phrases": ["power of invention", "powers of invention"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the ability to have new and interesting ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "John was full of invention—always making up new dance steps and sequences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her powers of invention were somewhat limited."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "in/invention/invention__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvenʃn/",
                "audio": "in/invention/invention__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery’): from Latin inventio(n-), from invenire ‘discover’, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’."
}