inventive
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/ · UK /ɪnˈventɪv/
inventive means: Good at thinking of new ideas or making new things.
adjective
Good at thinking of new ideas or making new things.
- She is an inventive cook.
- We need an inventive solution to this problem.
- His inventive use of old materials impressed the judges.
Connected with creating new machines, methods, or processes.
- The inventive process took several years.
- Her research examines inventive activity in early factories.
- The museum records the inventive work behind these machines.
Deliberately made up rather than based on real events or facts.
- The book contains an inventive tale of sea monsters.
- Her inventive account includes people who never existed.
- This inventive story was never meant as history.
Questions about inventive
What does inventive mean?
Good at thinking of new ideas or making new things.
What is inventive in other languages?
Türkçe: yaratıcı · Español: ingenioso · Français: inventif · Deutsch: erfinderisch · Italiano: ingegnoso · 日本語: 独創的な
How do you pronounce inventive?
In American English /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/; in British English /ɪnˈventɪv/.
How do you use inventive in a sentence?
She is an inventive cook. We need an inventive solution to this problem.
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