Get to know Inventions better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Inventions meaning
plural of invention
Using Inventions
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of invention
- In the example corpus, inventions often appears in combinations such as: inventions and, and inventions, inventions in.
Context around Inventions
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inventions
- In this selection, "inventions" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, visual, ancient, early, pharmaceutical, similar and pirated stand out and add context to how "inventions" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 futuristic inventions and 20 ancient inventions we still. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inventions" sits close to words such as addictive, braking and commodore, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inventions
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Exploding Kittens is among the most successful crowdfunded inventions in history. (11 words)
Because that was where citizens armed with revolvers—these “inventions of modern savagery"—would take America. (16 words)
From Amazon's floating blimp warehouse to Apple's windowless self-driving car, the 12 futuristic inventions. (17 words)
Bell was inspired in part by Australian aeronautical engineer Lawrence Hargrave 's work with man-carrying box kites. citation Hargrave declined to take patents on his inventions, similar to Bell's decision not to file patents on some of his inventions. (41 words)
Nobel did not emphasise discoveries, but they have historically been held in higher respect by the Nobel Prize Committee than inventions: 77% of the Physics Prizes have been given to discoveries, compared with only 23% to inventions. (37 words)
In the same wave of inventions, we pushed back the ravages of infectious diseases, boosted irrigated farming and enabled huge growth in the world population — all of whom aspired to that better life with electricity and cars. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
To compile a list of 20 ancient inventions we still use today, 24/7 Tempo reviewed numerous articles on inventions that changed history.
Given Wallace is an inventor, co-directors Steve Box and Nick Park deal not just with visual inventions in his reality, but visual inventions in ours, turning daffy domestic contraptions into the basis for entire sequences.
A demonstration of large screen three-dimensional television by the BBC was reported in March 2008, over 60 years after Baird's demonstration. citation Other inventions Some of Baird's early inventions were not fully successful.
A production technology may not yet exist, as is often the case in major chemical inventions, pharmaceutical inventions.
Bell was inspired in part by Australian aeronautical engineer Lawrence Hargrave 's work with man-carrying box kites. citation Hargrave declined to take patents on his inventions, similar to Bell's decision not to file patents on some of his inventions.
For example, many inventions are improvements of prior inventions that may still be covered by someone else's patent.
Inventions pirated Robert-Houdin's inventions were pirated by his trusted mechanic Le Grand, who was arrested for making and selling duplicate illusions.
Josef W. Manger was awarded with the "Diesel Medal" for extraordinary developments and inventions by the German institute of inventions.
Nobel did not emphasise discoveries, but they have historically been held in higher respect by the Nobel Prize Committee than inventions: 77% of the Physics Prizes have been given to discoveries, compared with only 23% to inventions.
Reputed inventions Carver was given credit in popular folklore for many inventions that did not come out of his lab.
This story thus encourages others to consider the long-term consequences of their own inventions with great care, lest those inventions do more harm than good.
A player in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom used bees to delete enemies, showcasing the clever inventions players have created.
A spokesperson for Victoria’s education department said its science curriculum provided “multiple opportunities” for students to learn about the work of female scientists through its requirement to learn about scientific discoveries and inventions.
Because that was where citizens armed with revolvers—these “inventions of modern savagery"—would take America.
But that drove me deeper into my notebooks: my inventions based on earlier experiments by geniuses I loved as honeymooners love honeymooners.
Exploding Kittens is among the most successful crowdfunded inventions in history.
From Amazon's floating blimp warehouse to Apple's windowless self-driving car, the 12 futuristic inventions.
He said the sole vision is to educate and entertain as well as publicize scientific discoveries, inventions, and achievements of the various parastatals under the Ministry.
He was never careless of the essence of what he once called one of the world’s great inventions, but he was not precious about preservation for its own sake.
In the same wave of inventions, we pushed back the ravages of infectious diseases, boosted irrigated farming and enabled huge growth in the world population — all of whom aspired to that better life with electricity and cars.
Common combinations with inventions
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inventions and 17×
- and inventions 15×
- inventions in 13×
- inventions that 11×
- of inventions 11×
- inventions of 11×
- new inventions 11×
- his inventions 9×
- inventions are 8×
- their inventions 8×