creative
♦ crea|tive /kri'eɪtɪv/
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
Like so many creative people he was never satisfied.
...her obvious creative talents.
● creativity [N-UNCOUNT]
American art reached a peak of creativity in the '50s and 60s.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Creative activities involve the inventing and making of new kinds of things.
...creative writing...
Cooking is creative.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you use something in a creative way, you use it in a new way that produces interesting and unusual results.
...his creative use of words.
● creatively [ADV]
Genet teaches you to think creatively.crea|tive ac|count|ing
[N-UNCOUNT]
Creative accounting is when companies present or organize their accounts in such a way that they gain money for themselves or give a false impression of their profits.
Much of the apparent growth in profits that occurred in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
Like so many creative people he was never satisfied.
...her obvious creative talents.
● creativity [N-UNCOUNT]
American art reached a peak of creativity in the '50s and 60s.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Creative activities involve the inventing and making of new kinds of things.
...creative writing...
Cooking is creative.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you use something in a creative way, you use it in a new way that produces interesting and unusual results.
...his creative use of words.
● creatively [ADV]
Genet teaches you to think creatively.crea|tive ac|count|ing
[N-UNCOUNT]
Creative accounting is when companies present or organize their accounts in such a way that they gain money for themselves or give a false impression of their profits.
Much of the apparent growth in profits that occurred in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.