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cre·a·tive
(krē-ā′tĭv)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·a′tive·ly adv.
cre′a·tiv′i·ty (-ĭ-tē), cre·a′tive·ness n.
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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
5. (Marketing) a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns
6. a creative person, esp one who devises advertising campaigns
creˈatively adv
creˈativeness n
ˌcreaˈtivity n
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cre•a•tive
(kriˈeɪ tɪv)adj.
1. having the quality or power of creating.
2. resulting from originality of thought; imaginative.
3. Facetious. producing deceptive or fraudulent information, etc.: creative bookkeeping.
[1670–80]
cre•a′tive•ly, adv.
cre•a′tive•ness, n.
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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" |
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creative
adjective imaginative, gifted, artistic, inventive, original, inspired, clever, productive, fertile, ingenious, visionary Like many creative people, he was never satisfied.
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creative
adjectiveCharacterized by or productive of new things or new ideas:
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Translations
إِبْداعيّخلاّق، مُبْدِع
tvořivýkreativní
kreatividérig
luova
kreativan
teremtõ
skapandi, frjór
創造的な
창조적인
tvorivý
ustvarjalen
kreativ
ซึ่งมีความคิดริเริ่ม
yaratıcıözgün düşünce ürünü
sáng tạo
creative
[kriːˈeɪtɪv]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
creative
[kriˈeɪtɪv] adj [person] → créatif/ive; [mind, imagination] → créateur/trice; [activity, use] → créatif/ive
n (= person) → créatif/ive m/fcreative accounting n → manipulations fpl comptables
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
creative
adj power, skill etc → schöpferisch; approach, attitude, person → kreativ; the creative use of language → kreativer Sprachgebrauch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
creative
[kriːˈeɪtɪv] adj → creativo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
create
(kriˈeit) verb1. to cause to exist; to make. How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.
2. to give (a rank etc to). Sir John was created a knight in 1958.
creˈation noun1. the act of creating. the creation of the world.
2. something created. The dress designer is showing his latest creations.
creˈative (-tiv) adjective having or showing the power and imagination to create. a creative dress-designer.
creˈatively adverbcreˈativeness noun
ˌcreaˈtivity (kriːə-) noun
creˈator noun
a person who creates.
the Creator God.
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creative
→ إِبْداعيّ 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009