Invention; the action of inventing or devising; an instance of this. Also: the action of undertaking something on one's own initiative (cf. finding…

The conception of a standard or principle to be realized or aimed at; a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; a governing conception or…

A product of the inventive faculty; a design, a plan; an original idea for a work of art, etc.

An original production of human intelligence, power, skill, or art; esp. a work of imagination.

A thing which originates or derives from something else; the product of a specified thing. Obsolete.

the product of a person's mind; an idea or invention that is the creation of a particular person, organization, etc.

Construction, structure. Obsolete.

A product of invention. Obsolete. rare.

A thing constructed; a material structure; a formation of the mind or genius.

figurative (colloquial). A person's particular responsibility, concern, or area of interest; (also) something that a person has invented or…