New Definition–adjective | 1. | of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately co
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| 3. | having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. |
| 4. | unfamiliar or strange (often fol. by to): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. |
| 5. | having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. |
| 6. | unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. |
| 7. | coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. |
| 8. | fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. |
| 9. | (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. |
| 10. | other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. |
| 11. | being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. |
| 12. | (initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. |
–adverb | 13. | recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. |
| 14. | freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. |
–noun | 15. | something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. |
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From Dictionary
Invention Definition–noun
| 2. | U.S. Patent Law. a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship. |
| 3. | anything invented or devised. |
| 4. | the power or faculty of inventing, devising, or originating. |
| 5. | an act or instance of creating or producing by exercise of the imagination, esp. in art, music, etc. |
| 6. | something fabricated, as a false statement. |
| 7. | Sociology. the creation of a new culture trait, pattern, etc. |
| 8. | Music. a short piece, contrapuntal in nature, generally based on one subject. |
| 9. | Rhetoric. (traditionally) one of the five steps in speech preparation, the process of choosing ideas appropriate to the subject, audience, and occasion. |
| 10. | Archaic. the act of finding. |
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