invention

/ɪnˈvenʃən/ noun

Definition

› [C] a product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before: Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job. a new inventions

› [U] the process of creating something that has never been made or never existed before: the invention of sth The company claims that this is the most important development since the invention of the printing press.

→ See Note innovation

(Definition of invention noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)