patent

«patent» in Mova's school dictionary: obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (patent, no change); noun (patent, patents)

meaning for a pupil

1) Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather). tree →

2) A patent is an official right that stops others from copying and selling an invention. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales shiny patent leather shoes; in lessons glue or medicine made under a special right and sold by one maker; also used in «patent» meaning obvious

examples

• Her new shoes were of patent leather. tree →
• The inventor got a patent for his new machine. tree →
• The glue was patent, so no other shop could sell it. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• Metal rivets on jeans were patented (registered as an invention) in 1873 to stop pockets tearing on miners' work trousers.
• Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «patent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.