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# creative

adjective (creative, more creative, most creative); noun (a creative, creatives — at work)

«creative» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Creative means good at having new ideas and making new things, such as stories, art, music or inventions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#m1)
2. Creative describes work that uses imagination (creative writing). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, creative writing, art, music and design lessons ask pupils to use their imagination; in maths a creative solution is a new, clever way to solve a problem. In everyday life creative people make, build and invent. Phrases: creative writing, creative ideas, get creative, creative thinking.

### Examples

- She is very creative and always drawing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x1)
- We wrote creative stories about dragons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x2)
- Let's get creative and make a robot from boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x3)
- He found a creative way to solve the puzzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x4)
- Music lessons help children to be creative. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x5)
- The class came up with creative ideas for the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x6)
- It was creative of you to turn the box into a castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/#x7)

### Note

Comparison: more creative, most creative. Noun: creativity; verb: create. Spelling: cre-a-tive. «Creative accounting» or «creative with the truth» is a joke meaning dishonest.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah holds that speech and writing form a creative force. Kalisch's notes link it to the holy spirit, the word and breath as the tools God used in making the world. In the primary lessons: In school, creative writing, art, music and design lessons ask pupils to use their imagination; in maths a creative solution is a new, clever way to solve a problem. In everyday life creative people make, build and invent. Phrases: creative writing, creative ideas, get creative, creative thinking.

### Examples

- 18) Meaning outlets, outgates of the creative power, formations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/creative/#x1)
- and its reduction to writing, form a unity which produce a creative effect. 1 (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/creative/#x2)
- The articulate word of creative power, the spirit and the word are what we call the holy spirit is (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/creative/#x3)

### Note

Comparison: more creative, most creative. Noun: creativity; verb: create. Spelling: cre-a-tive. «Creative accounting» or «creative with the truth» is a joke meaning dishonest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «creative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «creative» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/creative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«creative» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/creative.html) on Mova free.