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   inventive

   /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally: "the most inventive composer of his time"
   • ▪ showing creativity or original thought: "a courageous and inventive piece of film-making" Similar creativeoriginalinnovationalinnovativeimaginativefertileingeniousresourcefulartisticinspiredgiftedtalentedvirtuosoaccomplishedmasterlyskilfulcleverinformal:geniusoriginalinnovativeunusualfreshnovelnewexperimentaloffbeatquirkyavant gardeforward-lookinggroundbreakingunfamiliarunorthodoxunconventionalalternativefringeleft-fieldOpposite unimaginativeuninventivehackneyed

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French inventif, -ive or medieval Latin inventivus, from Latin invenire ‘discover’ (see invent).

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   • 1. inventively adverb

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   What does inventive mean?

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   What does inventivo mean?

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   What does inventiveness mean?

   • The quality of being inventive, the faculty of inventing is the meaning of inventiveness. This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage, and translations of the word inventiveness.

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   What is an inventive person?

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   What does invent mean?

   • 1. apt at inventing, devising, or contriving. 2. apt at creating with the imagination. 3. having the function of inventing. 4. pertaining to, involving, or showing invention. in•ven′tive•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1.

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   Are artists inventive?

   • Artists are inventive, especially if their work is different than other people's work. Little kids are very inventive: their imaginations have almost no limits. People who copy others aren't inventive, because they're not being original. When people are being inventive, new ideas are flowing.

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   adjective. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action. “had an inventive turn of mind”. “ inventive ceramics”. synonyms: imaginative. creative, originative. having the ability or power to create, especially something new or imaginative.

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