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invention

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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	the act or process of inventing. The invention of the automobile changed the world.
definition 2:	something that is invented. His invention can peel apples automatically.
definition 3:	something imagined or made up, such as a story or a falsehood. I didn't believe her invention about the groundhog climbing a tree. similar words: fiction, tale
related words:	fantasy, fiction, gadget, lie, machine, make-believe, yarn

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