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The definition of creative is having or coming from original thought or imagination.
(adjective)An example of creative is the quality of a unique painter.
Creative is defined as the work produced with originality in expression or imagination.
(noun)An example of creative is the drawings of a fashion designer.
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See creative in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- creating or able to create
- having or showing imagination and artistic or intellectual inventiveness: creative writing
- stimulating the imagination and inventive powers: creative toys
- imaginatively or inventively deceptive: creative accounting
Origin: ML creativus
Related Forms:
- creatively adverb
- creativeness noun
See creative in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Having the ability or power to create: Human beings are creative animals.
- Productive; creating.
- Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative: creative writing.
One who displays productive originality: the creatives in the advertising department.
Related Forms:
- cre·aˈtive·ly adverb
- creˌa·tivˈi·ty (-ĭ-tē), cre·aˈtive·ness noun
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