{
    "term": "creative",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "involving the use of skill and the imagination to produce something new or a work of art",
            "sensetop": "creative with something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a course on **creative writing** *(= writing stories, plays and poems)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**creative thinking** *(= thinking about problems in a new way or thinking of new ideas)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company’s **creative team/director**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **creative process**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She channels her creative energy into her art."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can **get creative with** this recipe and add whatever fruit you like.",
                    "contextForm": "creative with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They use creative ways to market their services to customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of his creative work has been done in the theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the creative and performing arts"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities", "Working life", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having the skill and ability to produce something new, especially a work of art; showing this ability",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's very creative—she writes poetry and paints."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any ideas? You're the creative one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **highly creative** artist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a creative genius/talent/mind"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kriˈeɪtɪv/",
                "audio": "cr/creative/creative__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kriˈeɪtɪv/",
                "audio": "cr/creative/creative__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}
