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# ingenuity

noun (ingenuity, uncountable); adjective ingenious

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

## Everyday

1. Ingenuity is being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart ways to solve problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#m1)
2. (a name) Ingenuity was also the name of a small helicopter flown on Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, design and technology lessons it praises clever solutions; in stories it shows a resourceful hero. Phrases: «human ingenuity», «show ingenuity», «use your ingenuity».

### Examples

- The team showed great ingenuity in building a bridge out of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x1)
- With a bit of ingenuity, we fixed the bike with string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x2)
- Robinson Crusoe survived by ingenuity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x3)
- Engineers use ingenuity to solve problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x4)
- Human ingenuity put people on the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x5)
- Her ingenuity amazed the judges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x6)
- The Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x7)
- Use your ingenuity to escape the puzzle room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x8)
- Now, most people throw them away, and that only shows what a number of things are wasted for want of a little patience and ingenuity.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable. Say «in-juh-NYOO-ih-tee». Trap: ingenuity goes with «ingenious» (clever), not with «ingenuous» (innocent and trusting).

## On Mova

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