inventor

[ UK /ɪnvˈɛntɐ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who is the first to think of or make something
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How To Use inventor In A Sentence

  • Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
  • It runs on a battery that lasts at least twelve months, and the inventor claims the sound quality is excellent.
  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • The patent lists six inventors who worked on the system.
  • As executrix you are required to value the home on the inventory you file with the court, so you could simply divide that number by four and base your offer on that value.
  • An inventor in Finland has devised a new method of keeping dogs safe from wolves: little protective vests. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are parallels with Preston Tucker, the idealistic American inventor.
  • I found myself in a salon with a very well-painted, highly varnished floor; chairs and sofas covered with white draperies, a green porcelain stove, walls hung with pictures in gilt frames, a gilt pendule and other ornaments on the mantelpiece, a large lustre pendent from the centre of the ceiling, mirrors, consoles, muslin curtains, and a handsome centre table completed the inventory of furniture. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
  • His maternal grandfather, who fled Russia to avoid conscription by the tsarist army, was a Hebrew scholar, mystic, mathematician, and inventor who made boots and shoes for a living.
  • The Treasury offers antiques, collectibles and a small inventory of contemporary items.
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