patent
🇺🇸
/ˈpætnt/
🇬🇧
/ˈpætnt/
noun
C1
An official right to be the only one who can make, use, or sell an invention.
The company got a patent for their new phone design.
adjective
R
Made or sold by a specific company.
The store sells many patent medicines.
R
Very clear and obvious, especially for something bad.
His story was a patent lie.
verb
R
To get the official right to be the only one who can make, use, or sell an invention.
They plan to patent their invention next month.
translation
An official right to be the only one who can make, use, or sell an invention.
Made or sold by a specific company.; Very clear and obvious, especially for something bad.
To get the official right to be the only one who can make, use, or sell an invention.
Word Forms
3rd Present
patents
Past
patented
Perfect
patented
Progressive
patenting
Plural
patents