Word
inventor
Phoneticsin·ven·tor
US/ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ/
UK/ɪnvˈɛntɐ/
Definition
n. a person who creates or designs something new for the first time. You use this for people who build new machines, tools, or systems.
n. a person who creates, designs, or devises a new device, process, or method that did not exist previously.
Examples
“The inventor showed his new machine to the public.”
“The young inventor spent years in her garage building a robot that could clean windows automatically.”
“History often remembers the primary inventor of a technology, even though most breakthroughs result from the collaborative efforts of many different researchers over several decades.”
Examples
simple
“The inventor showed his new machine to the public.”
contextual
“The young inventor spent years in her garage building a robot that could clean windows automatically.”
complex
“History often remembers the primary inventor of a technology, even though most breakthroughs result from the collaborative efforts of many different researchers over several decades.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventor. By surface analysis, invent + -or.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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