creative

[ kree-ey-tiv ]

/ kriˈeɪ tɪv /

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adjective

having the quality or power of creating.

resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing.

originative; productive (usually followed by of).

Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping.

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Origin of creative

First recorded in 1670–80; create + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM creative

cre·a·tive·ly, adverbcre·a·tive·ness, nounan·ti·cre·a·tive, adjectivean·ti·cre·a·tive·ly, adverb

an·ti·cre·a·tive·ness, nounnon·cre·a·tive, adjectivenon·cre·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·cre·a·tive·ness, nounsub·cre·a·tive, adjectivesub·cre·a·tive·ly, adverbsub·cre·a·tive·ness, nounun·cre·a·tive, adjectiveun·cre·a·tive·ly, adverbun·cre·a·tive·ness, noun

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How to use creative in a sentence

If not, get creative and find a space that meets the criteria.
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But, when the iPad Air is more of a creative or entertainment device, it’s amazing.
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We brought together Eater editors Monica Burton, Brenna Houck, and Ashok Selvam for our Eater Talks event series to break down all the specific challenges restaurants face this season as well as the array of creative solutions.
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A focus on creative in-person experiences versus department stores is an acceleration of a pre-pandemic trend.
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In addition to the drag queens participating in the race, many of the spectators began coming in creative costumes, turning the event into a Halloween costume party as well as a race.
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As it turns out, this was one of the more uncreative ways to penetrate the border fence.
The Great Fence of Texas|Bryan Curtis|June 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Change and variety are favourable to creative genius as they are unfavourable to uncreative study.
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It is the uncreative critics, it is never the creative craftsmen, who dwell on the danger of taking too much interest in technic.
Inquiries and Opinions|Brander Matthews
The facile, uncreative Wills was granted many chances, and in Charles I lost an opportunity to make a lasting drama.
The Theory of the Theatre|Clayton Hamilton
In this respect the Italians, though apparently so uncreative, may be called more original than the Romans.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
The animal world was proved to be equally uncreative, all its motive energies being referred to the combustion of its food.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall

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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