creativeadjective
uk/kriˈeɪ.tɪv/us/kriˈeɪ.t̬ɪv/B1 producing or using original and unusual ideas:
a creative person/artist/designer/programmer
creative talents/powers/abilities
creative thinking
describing or explaining things in unusual ways in order to deceive or give a false impression:
They used rather creative methods to impress investors.
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- She has been described as the creative colossus of the literary world.
- She's very creative on the design front .
- Like many creative individuals, she can be very bad-tempered.
- Excessive managerial control is inimical to creative expression.
- This early in the morning it's hard to get the creative juices flowing .
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Inspiration and inspiring
- blue-sky
- breathe
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- engage
- enthral
- entrance 1
- grip
- incentivize
- inspiration
- inspire
- kindle
- muse
- show
- show (sb) the way idiom
- stimulate
- stimulating
- visionary
creatively
adverb uk/kriˈeɪ.tɪv.li/us/kriˈeɪ.t̬ɪv.li/
creativity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌkriː.eɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌkriː.eɪˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/also creativeness, uk/-nəs/us
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Too many rules might deaden creativity.
Creativity, ingenuity, and flair are the songwriter's real talents.
creativenoun [ C ]
uk/kriˈeɪ.tɪv/us/kriˈeɪ.t̬ɪv/a person whose job involves producing original ideas or doing artistic work:
Several leading creatives are involved in the advertising campaign.
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Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- office junior
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
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