See also: créative

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create +‎ -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

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creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)

  1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
    a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
    • 2025 January 23, Joshua Stylman, The Algorithmic Age[1]:
      The future belongs to those aware enough to see the system, brave enough to reject it, and creative enough to build something better.
  2. (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
    a creative new solution to an old problem
  3. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
    a creative set
  4. Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
    creative accounting
  5. (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.

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Noun

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creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)

  1. (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
    He is a visionary creative.
  2. (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
    The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
    I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kre.aˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tì‧ve

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creative f pl

  1. feminine plural of creativo

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