Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: patent
IPA transcription: [p'ætənt]
Pronunciations of patent
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: patent, patent_of_invention
    Meaning: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: patent
    Meaning: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
Usage examples
  • The Gasters of course belong at the top by patent right.
  • "And I don't see much use of spending the money for a patent.
  • His first patent on the subject was applied for and issued early in 1880.
  • "There's a sum--in fact, a considerable sum--invested in the Patent Road Company.
  • Airships aren't likely to be so numerous that I could make anything off that patent."
  • From month to month the hostility increased, and from being concealed it became patent.
  • That thing which looked like an enormous key with three wheels was really a patent and very deadly revolver.
  • Some addition to our patent fuel was made in the morning, and later in the afternoon it came in a steady stream.
  • This concluded, he went to his Patent place, I suppose; but at all events went away on his horse, looking very idle.
  • Then a brisk little spray of sparks jetted from the flint and steel of a patent cigar-lighter in the hands of the spy.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hillary Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Robert Garran, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording McJob, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hereditary peer, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Henry F. Phillips, License CC BY-SA 4.0