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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ven•tive /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - skilled or apt at inventing, thinking up, or making something:She was very inventive, creating toys from any material at hand.
- apt at creating with the imagination:an inventive storyteller.
- relating to, involving, or showing invention;
clever:an inventive excuse.
in•ven•tive•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ven•tive (in ven′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
- apt at creating with the imagination.
- having the function of inventing.
- pertaining to, involving, or showing invention.
- Middle French
- 1400–50; invent + -ive; replacing late Middle English inventif
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