inventive
Collocations
3(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
brilliantly, highly, very | quite
Definitions
adj
Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
an inventive pursuit
At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
an inventive fellow
Purposely fictive.
an inventive story
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adjective — (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and cr
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Example Bank
6an inventive pursuit
WiktionaryAt the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.
Wiktionaryan inventive fellow
WiktionaryEdison was an inventive genius of the United States.
Tatoeba · #65324He is inventive of excuses.
Tatoeba · #296090I think: Necessity makes inventive.
Tatoeba · #1253346