cre路a路tive [kree-ey-tiv] adjective 1. having the quality or power of creating. 2. resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing. 3. originative; productive 4. Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping.
doc路u路ment [n. dok-yuh-muhnt; v. dok-yuh-ment] noun 1. a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper. 2. any written item, as a book, article, or letter, especially of a factual or informative nature. 3. a computer data file. 4. Archaic. evidence; proof. verb (used with object) 5. to furnish with documents. 6. to furnish with references, citations, etc., in support of statements made: a carefully documented biography. 7. to support by documentary evidence: to document a case. 8. Nautical . to provide (a vessel) with a certificate giving particulars concerning nationality, ownership, tonnage, dimensions, etc. 9. Obsolete . to instruct.
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cre路a路tiv路i路ty [kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree-uh-] noun 1. the state or quality of being creative. 2. the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts. 3. the process by which one utilizes creative ability: Extensive reading stimulated his creativity.
in·dex [in-deks] noun, plural in·dex·es, in·di·ces [in-duh-seez], verb noun 1. (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter. 2. a sequential arrangement of material, especially in alphabetical or numerical order. 3. something used or serving to point out; a sign, token, or indication: a true index of his character. 4. something that directs attention to some fact, condition, etc.; a guiding principle. 5. a pointer or indicator in a scientific instrument.
1. Creative 2. Document 3. Creativity 4. Imagination 5. Thought 6. Creative 7. Expression 8. Art 9. Painting 10. Creator 11. Design 12. Innovation 13. Problem 14. Solution
Artist 15. Development 16. Category 17. New 18. Fantasy 19. Fancy 20. Interesting 21. Result 22. Product 23. Thinking 24. Progress 25. Illustration 26. Photograph 27. Concept 28.
im·ag·i·na·tion [ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn]
thought [thawt]
noun 1. the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses. 2. the action or process of forming such images or concepts. 3. the faculty of producing ideal creations consistent with reality, as in literature, as distinct from the power of creating illustrative or decorative imagery. 4. the product of imagining; a conception or mental creation, often a baseless or fanciful one. 5. ability to face and resolve difficulties; resourcefulness: a job that requires imagination.
noun 1. the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought. 2. a single act or product of thinking; idea or notion: to collect one’s thoughts. 3. the act or process of thinking; mental activity: Thought as well as action wearies us. 4. the capacity or faculty of thinking, reasoning, imagining, etc.: All her thought went into her work. 5. a consideration or reflection: Thought of death terrified her.
cre·a·tive [kree-ey-tiv]
ex·pres·sion [ik-spresh-uhn]
adjective 1. having the quality or power of creating. 2. resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing. 3. originative; productive (usually followed by of ). 4. Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping.
noun 1. the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of political opinions. 2. a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions. 3. the manner or form in which a thing is expressed in words; wording; phrasing: delicacy of expression. 4. the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression. 5. indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice, or in artistic execution: the lyric expression embodied in his poetry.
art [ahrt]
paint路ing [peyn-ting]
noun 1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. 2. the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. 3. a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art. 4. the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture. 5. any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
noun 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface with paint.
cre路a路tor [kree-ey-ter]
de路sign [dih-zahyn]
noun 1. a person or thing that creates. 2. the Creator, God.
verb (used with object) 1. to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge. 2. to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully. 3. to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students. 4. to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape. 5. to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor.
in·no·va·tion [in-uh-vey-shuhn]
prob·lem [prob-luhm]
noun 1. something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum. 2. the act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods.
noun 1. any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty. 2. a question proposed for solution or discussion. 3. Mathematics . a statement requiring a solution, usually by means of a mathematical operation or geometric construction. adjective 4. difficult to train or guide; unruly: a problem child. 5. Literature. dealing with choices of action difficult either for an individual or for society at large: a problem play.
so·lu·tion [suh-loo-shuhn] noun 1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution. 2. the state of being solved: a problem capable of solution. 3. a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer: The solution is as good as any other. Mathematics . 4. the process of determining the answer to a problem. 5. the answer itself.
Chemistry . 6. the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change. 7. such a substance, as dissolved sugar or salt in solution. 8. a homogeneous, molecular mixture of two or more substances.
art·ist [ahr-tist]
de·vel·op·ment [dih-vel-uhp-muhnt]
noun 1. a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria. 2. a person who practices one of the fine arts, especially a painter or sculptor. 3. a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, painting, etc.: a commercial artist. 4. a person who works in one of the performing arts, as an actor, musician, or singer; a public performer: a mime artist; an artist of the dance. 5. a person whose work exhibits exceptional skill.
noun 1. the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development. 2. a significant consequence or event: recent developments in the field of science. 3. a developed state or form: Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare. 4. Music. the part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed. 5. a large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, especially by a realestate developer or government organization.
cat·e·go·ry [kat-i-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee]
5. any classification of terms that is ultimate and not susceptible to further analysis.
noun, plural cat·e·go·ries. 1. any general or comprehensive division; a class. 2. a classificatory division in any field of knowledge, as a phylum or any of its subdivisions in biology. Metaphysics. 3. (in Aristotelian philosophy) any of the fundamental modes of existence, such as substance, quality, and quantity, as determined by analysis of the different possible kinds of predication. 4. (in Kantian philosophy) any of the fundamental principles of the understanding, as the principle of causation.
6. categories, Also called Guggenheim. ( used with a singular verb ) a game in which a key word and a list of categories, as dogs, automobiles, or rivers, are selected, and in which each player writes down a word in each category that begins with each of the letters of the key word, the player writing down the most words within a time limit being declared the winner. 7. Mathematics . a type of mathematical object, as a set, group, or metric space, together with a set of mappings from such an object to other objects of the same type.
new [noo, nyoo] adjective, new路er, new路est, adverb, noun adjective 1. of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. 2. of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe. 3. having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. 4. unfamiliar or strange (often followed by to ): ideas new to us; to visit new lands. 5. having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. 6. unaccustomed (usually followed by to ): people new to such work. 7. coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. 8. fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper.
9. (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. 10. other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. 11. being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the new testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. 12. ( initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its latest known period, especially as a living language at the present time: New High German. adverb 13. recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. 14. freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. noun 15. something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new.
fan·ta·sy [fan-tuh-see, -zee]
im·ag·i·na·tion [ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn]
noun, plural fan·ta·sies, verb, fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing.
noun 1. the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses. 2. the action or process of forming such images or concepts. 3. the faculty of producing ideal creations consistent with reality, as in literature, as distinct from the power of creating illustrative or decorative imagery. Compare fancy ( def 2 ) . 4. the product of imagining; a conception or mental creation, often a baseless or fanciful one. 5. ability to face and resolve difficulties; resourcefulness: a job that requires imagination.
noun 1. imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. 3. a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy. 4. Psychology . an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream. 5. a hallucination.
fan·cy [fan-see] noun, plural fan·cies, adjective, fan·ci·er, fan·ci·est, verb, fan·cied, fan·cy·ing, interjection noun 1. imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner. 2. the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing. 3. a mental image or conception: He had happy fancies of being a famous actor. 4. an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion: Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy. 5. a caprice; whim; vagary: It was his fancy to fly to Paris occasionally for dinner.
adjective 6. made, designed, grown, adapted, etc., to please the taste or fancy; of superfine quality or exceptional appeal: fancy goods; fancy fruits. 7. ornamental; decorative; not plain: a cake with a fancy icing. 8. depending on imagination or caprice; whimsical; irregular: a fancy conception of time. 9. bred to develop points of beauty or excellence, as an animal. 10. much too costly; exorbitant or extravagant: a consultant who charges fancy fees.
in·ter·est·ing [in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting] adjective 1. engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book. 2. arousing a feeling of interest: an interesting face. Idioms 3. in an interesting condition, (of a woman) pregnant.
re·sult [ri-zuhlt] verb (used without object) 1. to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome. 2. to terminate or end in a specified manner or thing. noun 3. something that happens as a consequence; outcome. 4. Mathematics . a quantity, expression, etc., obtained by calculation. 5. Often, results. a desirable or beneficial consequence, outcome, or effect: We had definite results within weeks.
prod·uct [prod-uhkt, -uhkt] noun 1. a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought. 2. a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result: He is a product of his time. 3. the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output: a decrease in product during the past year. 4. Chemistry . a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
Mathematics . 5. the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together. 6. intersection
think [thingk] verb, thought, think·ing, adjective, noun verb (used without object) 1. to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc. 2. to employ one’s mind rationally and objectively in evaluating or dealing with a given situation: Think carefully before you begin. 3. to have a certain thing as the subject of one’s thoughts: I was thinking about you. We could think of nothing else. 4. to call something to one’s conscious mind: I couldn’t think of his phone number. 5. to consider something as a possible action, choice, etc.: She thought about cutting her hair. verb (used with object) 6. to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc. 7. to have or form in the mind in order to understand, know, or remember something else: Romantic comedy is all about chemistry: think Tracy and Hepburn. Can’t guess? Here’s a hint: think 19th century. 8. to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over. 9. to regard as specified: He thought me unkind. 10. to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors. 11. to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out. 12. to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go. 13. to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here.
adjective 14. of or pertaining to thinking or thought. 15. Informal. stimulating or challenging to the intellect or mind: the think book of the year. Compare think piece. noun 16. Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think. Verb phrases 17. think of, a. to conceive of; imagine. b. to have an opinion or judgment of. c. to consider; anticipate: When one thinks of what the future may bring, one is both worried and hopeful. 18. think outthrough, a.to think about until a conclusion is reached; understand or solve by thinking. b. to devise by thinking; contrive: He thought out a plan for saving time. 19. think up, to devise or contrive by thinking: Can you think up an arrangement of furniture for this room? Idioms 20. think better of, to change one’s mind about; reconsider: She considered emigrating to Australia, but thought better of it. 21. think fit, to consider advisable or appropriate: By all means, take a vacation if you think fit.
prog·ress [n. prog-res, -ruhs or, esp. British, proh-gres; v. pruh-gres]
il·lus·tra·tion [il-uh-strey-shuhn]
noun 1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree. 2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created. 3. advancement in general. 4. growth or development; continuous improvement: He shows progress in his muscular coordination. 5. the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.
noun 1. something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine. 2. a comparison or an example intended for explanation or corroboration. 3. the act or process of illuminating. 4. the act of clarifying or explaining; elucidation. 5. Archaic. illustriousness; distinction.
pho·to·graph [foh-tuh-graf, -grahf]
con·cept [kon-sept]
noun 1. 1.a picture produced by photography.
noun 1. a general notion or idea; conception. 2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct. 3. a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.
verb (used with object) 2. to take a photograph of. verb (used without object) 3. to practice photography. 4. to be photographed or be suitable for being photographed in some specified way: The children photograph well.
verb (used with object) 4. Informal. to develop a concept of; conceive: Experts pooled their talents to concept the new car.
end [end] noun 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope. 2. a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of something; limit; bounds: kindness without end; to walk from end to end of a city. 3. a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: at the end of the table; the west end of town. 4. the furthermost imaginable place or point: an island at the very end of the world. 5. termination; conclusion: The journey was coming to an end. 6. the concluding part: The end of her speech had to be cut short because of time. 7. an intention or aim: to gain one’s ends. 8. the object for which a thing exists; purpose: The happiness of the people is the end of government. 9. an outcome or result: What is to be the end of all this bickering? 10. termination of existence; death: He met a horrible end. 11. a cause of death, destruction, or ruin: Another war would be the end of civilization. 12. a remnant or fragment: mill end; ends and trimmings. 13. a share or part in something: He does his end of the job very well. 14. Textiles. a warp thread running vertically and interlaced with the filling yarn in the woven fabric.
Football. 15. either of the linemen stationed farthest from the center. 16. the position played by this lineman. 17. Archery. the number of arrows to be shot by a competitor during one turn in a match. 18. Cricket. a wicket, especially the one where the batsman is taking a turn. 19. a unit of a game, as in curling or lawn bowling. 20. Kantianism. any rational being, regarded as worthy to exist for its own sake. 21. either half of a domino. 22. Knots. the part of a rope, beyond a knot or the like, that is not used. 23. the end, Slang. the ultimate; the utmost of good or bad: His stupidity is the end.