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cre·a·tive  (kr-tv)
adj.
1. Having the ability or power to create: Human beings are creative animals.
2. Productive; creating.
3. Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative: creative writing.
n.
One who displays productive originality: the creatives in the advertising department.

cre·ative·ly adv.
crea·tivi·ty (--t), cre·ative·ness n.

creative [kriːˈeɪtɪv]
adj
1. having the ability to create
2. characterized by originality of thought; having or showing imagination a creative mind
3. designed to or tending to stimulate the imagination creative toys
4. characterized by sophisticated bending of the rules or conventions creative accounting
n
(Business / Marketing) a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns
creatively  adv
creativeness  n
creativity  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.creative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"
original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"
productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
uncreative - not creative; "an uncreative imagination"
2.creative - promoting construction or creation; "creative work"
constructive - constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"

creative
adjective imaginative, gifted, artistic, inventive, original, inspired, clever, productive, fertile, ingenious, visionary Like many creative people, he was never satisfied.
Translations
creative [kriːˈeɪtɪv]
A. ADJ [person, talent, energy, solution] → creativo
the creative use of languageel uso creativo del lenguaje
creative thinkingcreatividad f
B. CPD creative accounting Ncontabilidad f embellecida
creative writing Nescritura f creativa

creative [kriˈeɪtɪv]
adj [person] → créatif/ive; [mind, imagination] → créateur/trice; [activity, use] → créatif/ive
n (= person) → créatif/ive m/f
creative accounting nmanipulations fpl comptables

creative
adj power, skill etcschöpferisch; approach, attitude, personkreativ; the creative use of languagekreativer Sprachgebrauch

creative [kriːˈeɪtɪv] adjcreativo/a
creative [kriːˈeɪtɪv] adjcreativo/a

creative خلاق tvořivý kreativ kreativ δημιουργικός creativo luova inventif kreativan creativo 創造的な 창조적인 creatief kreativ twórczy criativo творческий kreativ ซึ่งมีความคิดริเริ่ม yaratıcı sáng tạo 创造性的


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Never was there a creative fever such as mine from which the patient escaped fatal results.
When, however, we returned to Switzerland towards the end of June, and he found himself once more in the familiar and exhilarating air of the mountains, all his joyous creative powers revived, and in a note to me announcing the dispatch of some manuscript, he wrote as follows: "I have engaged a place here for three months: forsooth, I am the greatest fool to allow my courage to be sapped from me by the climate of Italy.
I agree that man is pre-eminently a creative animal, predestined to strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering--that is, incessantly and eternally to make new roads, wherever they may lead.
 
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