creative
Americanadjective
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having the power to bring something new into being, as a creature, or to evolve something original from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or invention: In the mythologies of the earliest human societies, the predominant ideas about which sex was more important in reproduction may have determined the sex assigned to the universal creative force.
Research supports the claim that children are most creative in the early grades, before middle school.
In the mythologies of the earliest human societies, the predominant ideas about which sex was more important in reproduction may have determined the sex assigned to the universal creative force.
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resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative.
creative writing.
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originative; productive (usually followed byof ).
Marx believed that labor alone was creative of value, not property ownership.
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Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc..
creative bookkeeping.
noun
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the people who design and produce artwork, video, copy, etc., for a business, typically in service of advertising and other aspects of marketing.
Creative really hit this one out of the park—we’ve doubled our conversion rate almost overnight.
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material made for advertising and other aspects of marketing, as a billboard, video ad, or web page design, or the activity of designing and producing it.
In our latest campaign for a luxury services client, we used an AI platform to fine-tune creative based on user behavior.
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a person who is an artist, writer, designer, etc., typically one employed by a business to work in advertising or other aspects of marketing.
You’ll have to hire at least one new senior-level creative to keep up with the client’s expansion plans.
adjective
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having the ability to create
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characterized by originality of thought; having or showing imagination
a creative mind
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designed to or tending to stimulate the imagination
creative toys
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characterized by sophisticated bending of the rules or conventions
creative accounting
noun
Other Word Forms
- anticreative adjective
- anticreatively adverb
- anticreativeness noun
- creatively adverb
- creativeness noun
- creativity noun
- noncreative adjective
- noncreatively adverb
- noncreativeness noun
- subcreative adjective
- subcreatively adverb
- subcreativeness noun
- uncreative adjective
- uncreatively adverb
- uncreativeness noun
Etymology
Origin of creative
Example Sentences
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I don’t have children, I have a really supportive partner and I have this wonderful, creative professional life, but I can’t imagine it without my friends.
From Los Angeles Times
While Fennell’s film anchors itself in Brontë’s narrative landscape, it also takes creative liberties in service of approximating the director’s personal experience reading it as a teen.
From Los Angeles Times
Music Mogul AI arrives as musicians are being asked to juggle creative work with marketing, logistics and data analysis — often without the safety net of a traditional team.
From Los Angeles Times
“We really wanted to create that environment that you feel like you’re in a separate world, and my colleague Darwin Hu took a personal and creative interest in this,” Salvesen told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
Niebel said she hopes the exhibit might "invite the younger generation to maybe think about becoming a filmmaker" or a creative artist.
From Barron's
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