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invention

 
 
/ɪnˈvenʃən/ noun

Translation

NEW THING [C] something that has been designed or created for the first time
icat, buluş
A lot of great inventions have come from America.1332
MAKING NEW THINGS [U] when someone designs or creates something new
icat, buluş
the invention of printing1332
(Definition of invention noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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