invenção — meaning in English

English meaning

• fiction noun Writing about imaginary people and events, rather than real ones.
• invention noun Something newly created or designed.

Senses

invenção is used for these senses in English:

• fiction (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
• inventio One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the method used for the discovery of arguments.
• invention The capacity to invent.

fiction — full definition

1. noun Writing about imaginary people and events, rather than real ones.
2. noun A statement or claim that is untrue, sometimes meant to mislead.

invention — full definition

1. noun Something newly created or designed.
2. noun The act or ability of creating something new.

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