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Meaning of inventive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

inventive

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.

    Example: an inventive pursuit

  2. Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.

    Example: an inventive fellow

  3. Purposefully fictive

    Example: an inventive story