inventive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/
Definition of inventive
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
“an inventive pursuit”
“At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.”
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adj
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Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
“an inventive pursuit”
“At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.”
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Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
“an inventive fellow”
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Purposely fictive.
“an inventive story”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.
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