Definition of inventive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inventive

adjective

/ɪnˈventɪv/

(approving)

(especially of people) able to think of new and interesting ideas synonym imaginative
- She has a highly inventive mind.
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(of ideas) new and interesting
- This is a courageous and inventive piece of film-making.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: from French inventif, -ive or medieval Latin inventivus, from Latin invenire ‘discover’, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.

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