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DEFINITIONS: CREATIVITY
and related terms.
(Merriam-Webster Online)
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- CREATIVITY:
Main Entry: cre-a-tiv-i-ty
Pronunciation: "krE-(")A-'ti-v&-tE, "krE-&-
Function: noun
Date: 1875
1 : the quality of being creative
2 : the ability to create
- CREATIVE:
Main Entry: 1cre-a-tive
Pronunciation: krE-'A-tiv, 'krE-"
Function: adjective
Date: 1678
1 : marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating
[the creative
impulse]
2 : having the quality of something created rather than imitated
: IMAGINATIVE [the creative arts]
3 : managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits [creative
financing]; also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud [creative
accounting]
- cre-a-tive-ly adverb
- cre-a-tive-ness noun
- CREATE: Main
Entry: 1cre-ate
Pronunciation: krE-'At, 'krE-"
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): cre-at-ed; cre-at-ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin creatus, past participle
of creare; akin to Latin crescere to grow -- more at CRESCENT
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to bring into existence [god created the heaven and earth -- Gen 1:1
(Authorized Version)]
2 a : to invest with a new form, office, or rank [was created a lieutenant]
b : to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
[her arrival
created a terrible fuss]
3 : CAUSE, OCCASION [famine creates high food prices]
4 a : to produce through imaginative skill [create a painting]
b : DESIGN [creates dresses]
intransitive senses : to make or bring into existence something
new
- IMAGINE: Main
Entry: imag-ine
Pronunciation: i-'ma-j&n
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): imag-ined; imag-in-ing /-'maj-ni[ng], -'ma-j&-/
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin
imaginari, from imagin-, imago image
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to form a mental image of (something not present)
2 archaic : PLAN, SCHEME
3 : SUPPOSE, GUESS
4 : to form a notion of without sufficient basis : FANCY [imagines himself to
be a charming conversationalist]
intransitive senses
1 : to use the imagination
2 : BELIEVE 3
synonym see THINK
- IMAGINATION:
Main Entry: imag-i-na-tion
Pronunciation: i-"ma-j&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin imagination-,
imaginatio, from imaginari
Date: 14th century
1 : the act or power of forming a mental image of something not
present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality
2 a : creative ability b : ability to confront and deal with a
problem : RESOURCEFULNESS c : the thinking or active mind : INTEREST
[stories that
fired the imagination]
3 a : a creation of the mind; especially : an idealized or poetic
creation b : fanciful or empty assumption
- INNOVATION:
Main Entry: in-no-va-tion
Pronunciation: "i-n&-'vA-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : the introduction of something new
2 : a new idea, method, or device : NOVELTY
- in-no-va-tion-al /-shn&l, -sh&-n&l/ adjective
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