inventiveness
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4.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛntɪvnəs/
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inventiva
- Gene's inventiveness seemed inexhaustible.
- inventiveness and creativity
- inventiveness and originality
- imagination and inventiveness
And it required a little bit of inventiveness to be able to realize that, hey, this can be used for something else.
- And it required a little bit of inventiveness to be able to realize that, hey, this can be used for something else.
- And he, he is the one of one of these guys who started with austerity and that inspired this incredible inventiveness.
- Fail, learn, move forward and constantly do that because you're cutting edge, you're going where people haven't been before in inventiveness.
Examples
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Having said that, I think that both of you boys... ...showed a lot of enthusiasm and inventiveness.
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Opportunities for discovery, chance, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness, and a sense of spontaneous exploration are curtailed.
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And it required a little bit of inventiveness to be able to realize that, hey, this can be used for something else.
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Her inventiveness will surprise you.
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Through his genius and his inventiveness, he managed to get his machines off the ground, and sometimes he brought them down again.
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Like the classic entrepreneurs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Baekeland combined inventiveness with business and marketing skills.
Academic text (2007) -
The sheer presence, aesthetic quality, and inventiveness of contemporary artistic production in Africa demanded scholarly attention.
Academic text (2005) -
By the late 19th century, as the prestige of engineers grew, their inventiveness gave rise to unprecedented industrial advancement.
Academic text (2006) -
Modern judges also demonstrate greater inventiveness when structuring remedies for successful plaintiffs.
Academic text (1994) -
The engineer's inventiveness led to a groundbreaking design for renewable energy systems.
Synonyms
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3.4
The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things
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6.1
Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things
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4.5
A quality of being new and different in ideas and not copied from others
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2.8
Quick thinking that finds smart new ideas and solutions
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3.7
Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems
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3.3
Ability to think of new ideas and make new things
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6.7
Thinking of new ideas and using new ways to do things
A person's ability to make new ideas or things
Ability to think of new and creative ideas
The ability to produce many new ideas
Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things
How Inventive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inventiveness comes from the simpler word invent, which is made from Latin pieces in- 'into' and venire 'come', so to invent originally meant to 'come upon' or 'find' something new. That's why inventiveness means being good at finding new ideas or making new things.