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Imaginative definition

ĭ-măjə-nə-tĭv, -nātĭv
Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
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Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.
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Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
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The definition of imaginative is having or showing creativeness or resourcefulness.

When you are able to make up an entire fantasy dreamworld to entertain yourself and you can get lost in your own creative ideas, this is an example of being an imaginative person.

A piece of computer software that does something that no one has ever dreamed of before and that is considered very creative, this is an example of imaginative software.

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Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
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Having, using, or showing imagination; having great creative powers.
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Given to imagining.
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Of or resulting from imagination.

Imaginative literature.

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Having no truth; false.
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Origin of imaginative

  • From Middle French imaginatif, from Latin imāginātivus

    From Wiktionary

Imaginative Sentence Examples

  • Probably nothing like what was on her imaginative mind.

  • Classification for the first time was something more than the expression of a fancy, not that it had not also its imaginative side.

  • In the Literature of Europe there are many passages of great imaginative beauty.

  • To her imaginative and inexperienced mind, it was obvious that he was doing their homework.

  • The pages of the book she reads become to her like paintings, to which her imaginative powers give life and colour.

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