ingeniousness
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in·gen·ious
(ĭn-jēn′yəs)adj.
1. Having great inventive skill and imagination: an ingenious negotiator.
2. Marked by or exhibiting originality or inventiveness: an ingenious solution to the problem.
3. Obsolete Having genius; brilliant.
[Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingeniōsus, from ingenium, inborn talent; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
in·gen′ious·ly adv.
in·gen′ious·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ingeniousness - the power of creative imagination resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" |
2. | ingeniousness - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior |
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ingeniousness
nounThe power or ability to invent:
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Translations
بَراعَه، نُبوغ
vynalézavost
genialitet
hugvitssemi
yaratıcılıkzekâ
ingenious
(inˈdʒiːnjəs) adjective1. (of a person or his personality etc) clever at inventing. He was ingenious at making up new games for the children.
2. (of an object or idea) cleverly made or thought out. an ingenious plan/machine.
inˈgeniously adverbinˈgeniousness noun
ingenuity (indʒəˈnjuəti) noun
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