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creative

[ kree-ey-tiv ]
/ kriˈeɪ tɪv /
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adjective
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: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.
resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing.
originative; productive (usually followed by of):Marx believed that labor alone was creative of value, not property ownership.
Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping.
noun
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Origin of creative

First recorded in 1670–80; create + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM creative

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British Dictionary definitions for creative

creative
/ (kriːˈeɪtɪv) /

adjective
having the ability to create
characterized by originality of thought; having or showing imaginationa creative mind
designed to or tending to stimulate the imaginationcreative toys
characterized by sophisticated bending of the rules or conventionscreative accounting
noun
a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns

Derived forms of creative

creatively, adverbcreativeness, nouncreativity, noun
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