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inventive

[ in-ven-tiv ]

adjective

  1. apt at inventing or thinking up new machines or devices, methods, solutions, etc., or at improvising from what is at hand; innovative or ingenious:

    Luckily the bike mechanic is a most inventive person—you’ll be surprised at what he can do with a piece of wire and some scrap metal.

  2. apt at creating with the imagination:

    The delightful and tirelessly inventive storyteller is back with an animated stop-motion adventure.

  3. being the product of imagination, resourcefulness, etc.; creative and original:

    It’s an enthralling, inventive, and wholly unique exhibit from an artist without peer.

  4. relating to or used for inventing:

    These recordings captured the musician at the height of her inventive power.



inventive

/ ɪˈɛԳɪ /

adjective

  1. skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful
  2. characterized by inventive skill

    an inventive programme of work

  3. of or relating to invention
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳپԱ, noun
  • ˈԳپ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ··پ· adverb
  • ··پ·Ա noun
  • ···پ adjective
  • ܲ···پ adjective
  • un···پ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inventive1

First recorded in 1400–50; invent + -ive; replacing late Middle English inventif, from Old French
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The talented cast and inexhaustibly inventive design team make it hard to bet against the future of theater.

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While Disney hasn’t detailed too heavily what audiences may expect to see on the building, expect a projection-based show with inventive lighting and music.

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Simpson said Johnson put together inventive financing programs when the latter was at the South Carolina nonprofit, Greenville Housing Fund.

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But it’s also agile and inventive, unraveling our assumptions about those themes.

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Frivolous as it is, these inventive details convince us that Ayer isn’t simply phoning it in.

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