in·ven·tive

(ĭn-vĕn′tĭv)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.

2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.

in·ven′tive·ly adv.

in·ven′tive·ness n.

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Noun

inventiveness - the power of creative imagination

cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity

creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create

resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"

inventiveness

noun creativity, vision, initiative, enterprise, imagination, inspiration, genius, invention, brilliance, ingenuity, originality, resourcefulness, creativeness, ingeniousness, imaginativeness He has surprised us before with his inventiveness.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

inventiveness

noun

The power or ability to invent:

creativeness, creativity, ingeniousness, ingenuity, invention, originality.

Translations

القُدْرَه على الإخْتِراع

vynalézavost

opfindsomhed

Erfindungsgabe

esprit d'invention invention inventivité

hugvitssemi

inventiva

icat yeteneğiyaratıcılık

创造性有发明创造能力

inventiveness

[ɪnˈventɪvnɪs] N → inventiva f, ingenio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

inventiveness

[ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs] n → inventivité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

inventiveness

n → Einfallsreichtum m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inventiveness

[ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs] n → inventiva

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

invent

(inˈvent) verb

1. to be the first person to make or use (eg a machine, method etc). Who invented the microscope?; When was printing invented?

2. to make up or think of (eg an excuse or story). I'll have to invent some excuse for not going with him.

inˈvention (-ʃən) noun

1. the act of inventing or the ability to invent. He had great powers of invention.

2. something invented. What a marvellous invention the sewing-machine was!

inˈventive (-tiv) adjective

good at inventing. an inventive mind.

inˈventiveness noun

inˈventor noun

a person who invents. Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone.

see also discover.

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References in classic literature

"Furthermore, the inventiveness of David is beyond that of Porthos, who cannot play by himself, and knows not even how to take a solitary walk, while David invents playfully all day long.

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This amused him sometimes a little, and made him endure the siege with patience; but it did not prevent his getting very tired, or from talking at every moment of returning to Paris--so that if the messengers and the spies had failed, his Eminence, notwithstanding all his inventiveness, would have found himself much embarrassed.

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Line by line he read on, and still the ready inventiveness which had never deserted him yet failed to answer the call made on it now.

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Lacoste pays tribute to the inventiveness of its founder, Rene Lacoste, and to its history by reissuing a selection of polo shirts and emblematic items from its archives to celebrate its 85th anniversary.

Lacoste reissues iconic shirts to mark 85th year

He uses the inventiveness method, which posits that similar problems and solutions appear again and again in seeming dissimilar disciplines.

Unifying Physics of Accelerators, Lasers, and Plasma

Pioneering Great British Products - a new report published today by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and Siemens - has disappointingly revealed that consumers are unaware how much British inventiveness has contributed to the world.

EEF report warns over UK's future innovation; innovation

Never a fan of his work, I nevertheless liked his inventiveness, originality and his voice.

Memories of Kenny; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk

Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi and James Coburn in one of his last roles, it's every inch a Pixar film, from its colourful appearance, surfeit of in-jokes and sheer inventiveness.

Back to haunt you again; Movies

Quebec, Canada, IP Australia has confirmed the novelty and inventiveness of the broad krill oil composition claims in its Australian patent #2008231570.

Patents

Sheikh Talib bin Hilal al-Hosni, Secretary General of Diwan of Royal Court, Head of Inventiveness Committee said that honouring makes everybody happy and the gesture is one of the elements of moral inventiveness for employees that sends a message which says that the Minister of Diwan of Royal Court is keen on rising the performance of employees and increasing their productivity.

Diwan of Royal Court/ Ceremony

Such passages, in examining the struggle to translate Beckett's ceaseless, off-hand linguistic inventiveness, also serve witness to the inventiveness required of the translator.

George Craig. Writing Beckett's Letters

Aira's "inventiveness" is not to be confused with a picturesque idea of what South American literature should create.

NICOLAS GUAGNINI