patent
An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or…An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
» Why don't you get it patented?
Почему бы тебе не запатентовать это? — odexed
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8 senses(countable, uncountable)An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
an official document granting a right or privilege
(countable, specifically, uncountable)A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
(countable, specifically, uncountable)A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
Patent
пате́нтpatént
пате́нтpatént
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
(US, countable, historical, uncountable)A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
(countable, uncountable)The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
Examples
26 sentencesWhy don't you get it patented?
ruПочему бы тебе не запатентовать это? — odexed
Tom filed a patent for his invention.
ruТом подал патент на своё изобретение. — marafon
I filed a patent.
Я зареєстрував патент. — aandrusiak
ruЯ зарегистрировал патент. — diluvian
Where is the Tokyo patent office?
Transgender medicines are all off patent.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, riThe noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”) [and other forms], which is either:
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Forms
plural: patentsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention:patent of invention
- an official document granting a right or privilege:letters patent
Word family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable