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inventive

adj
/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.

  1. derived from inventivus
  2. derived from inventif
  3. inherited from inventif

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to invention

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

    • an inventive pursuit
    • At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.

  2. Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes,…

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

    • an inventive fellow

  3. Purposely fictive.

    • an inventive story

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inventive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inventive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at inventive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA