# Discoveries & Inventions Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Science & Technology
- Words: 16
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Invention vocabulary such as patent, breakthrough and innovation, plus funding, feasible and commercialize. Words for describing how an idea becomes a product.

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## Word list

* **appliance** /əˈplaɪəns/: A large electrical machine used at home for jobs such as washing, cooling or cooking. — “Our kitchen came with every **appliance** we needed.”
* **vaccine** /ˌvækˈsin/: An injection that teaches the body to fight a disease before you catch it. — “The flu **vaccine** is free for older people here.”
* **patent** /ˈpætənt/: An official right that stops other people copying and selling your new idea. — “The company filed a **patent** for its folding screen.”
* **breakthrough** /ˈbreɪkˌθru/: A sudden important success that solves a problem people struggled with for years. — “The team made a real **breakthrough** in cancer treatment.”
* **innovation** /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/: A new idea, method, or invention that changes the way something is done. — “Electric cars are one of the biggest **innovation**s in transport.”
* **engineer** /ˈɛndʒəˈnɪr/: A person who designs, builds, or repairs machines, structures, or systems. — “An **engineer** checked the bridge for safety.”
* **funding** /ˈfʌndɪŋ/: Money provided to support a project, such as research or a new invention. — “The research team received government **funding** for the project.”
* **feasible** /ˈfizəbəl/: Possible to do or achieve, given the money, time, or technology available. — “Experts questioned whether the plan was actually **feasible**.”
* **commercialize** /kəˈmɜrʃəˌlaɪz/: To start producing and selling something, especially a new invention, as a business. — “The company plans to **commercialize** the new battery technology next year.”
* **milestone** /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/: An important stage or event in the development of something. — “The moon landing was a huge **milestone** in space history.”
* **scalability** /ˈskeɪləˈbɪlɪti/: How well something works as it grows much larger. — “The prototype worked; the **scalability** never did.”
* **licence** /ˈlaɪsəns/: Official permission to use an invention. — “They sold the **licence** rather than build anything themselves.”
* **failure mode**: The particular way in which something breaks. — “Every **failure mode** was documented except the one that happened.”
* **pilot plant**: A small version of a factory built to test a process. — “The **pilot plant** ran for a year before anyone signed anything.”
* **field test**: A trial of something in real conditions. — “The **field test** found the fault the laboratory had missed.”
* **specification** /ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: A detailed description of how something must be made. — “The **specification** ran to four hundred pages.”

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