ingenuity
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive waysThe ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
» I admire your ingenuity.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
Einfallsreichtum, Findigkeit, Raffinesse
нахо́дчивостьnaxódčivostʹ, изобрета́тельностьizobretátelʹnostʹ
(uncountable, usually)An ingenuous action or thought.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
- the property of being ingenious
- the power of creative imagination
Examples
12 sentencesI admire your ingenuity.
I admire their ingenuity.
ruЯ восхищён их изобретательностью.
deIch bewundere ihren Einfallsreichtum.
Gabriel survived using his ingenuity and determination.
It is nothing that a little persistence and ingenuity can't overcome.
The talented finance minister's ingenuity has helped his bankrupt nation to get out of the red.
ruИзобретательность талантливого министра финансов помогла его государству-банкроту рассчитаться с долгами.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin ingenuitās. Compare genius.From Latin ingenuitās. Compare genius.
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Forms
plural: ingenuities| Singular | ingenuity |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- the property of being ingenious:ingeniousnesscleverness
- the power of creative imagination:inventivenessingeniousnesscleverness
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable