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creatify

Syllables: cre·at·i·fy/kɹiˈeɪtɪfaɪ/US/kɹiˈeɪtəfaɪ/

creatify verb: to render more creative; to creativize.

creatify: to render more creative; to creativize
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Verb

creatify (third-person singular simple present creatifies, present participle creatifying, simple past and past participle creatified)

  1. (transitive) To render more creative; to creativize.
    • Learning by creatifying transfer frames / [Abstract] In the particular kind of learning discussed in this paper, the teacher names a destination and a source. In the sentence, "Robbie is like a fox", Robbie is the destination and fox is the source. The student, on analyzing the teacher's...1978 April, Patrick H[enry] Winston, “Learning by Creatifying Transfer Frames”, in Artificial Intelligence, volume 10, number 2, →DOI, title, page 147
    • Every job can and must be creatified; every worker must be able to harness his or her own inner entrepreneur. We did it before in manufacturing. We turned low-wage, low-skill work in horrific, exploitative factories into the good family-supporting jobs workers pine for today.2012, Richard [L.] Florida, “Every Single Human Being is Creative”, in The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN, page 388
    Synonyms:
    creativize

Examples of creatify in a sentence

  • Learning by creatifying transfer frames / [Abstract] In the particular kind of learning discussed in this paper, the teacher names a destination and a source.1978 April, Patrick H[enry] Winston, “Learning by Creatifying Transfer Frames”, in Artificial Intelligence, volume 10, number 2, →DOI...
  • Now we have to creatify the jobs of the people who take care of our parents, of our kids, who serve us in hotels, in restaurants – that’s the next frontier.2013 August 15, Ann O'Dea, “Interview: Richard Florida – talent loves tolerance”, in Silicon Republic, archived from the original on 04 Nov...

Synonyms of creatify

Forms of creatify

third-person singular presentcreatifies
present participlecreatifying
past participlecreatified
pastcreatified

Origin of creatify

From creative + -ify, popularized in the 21st century by American urban theorist Richard L. Florida (born 1957) in his book The Rise of the Creative Class (2002).

Questions about creatify

What does creatify mean?
Creatify means to render more creative; to creativize.
How do you use creatify in a sentence?
Learning by creatifying transfer frames / [Abstract] In the particular kind of learning discussed in this paper, the teacher names a destination and a source.
What part of speech is creatify?
Creatify is a verb.
How do you pronounce creatify?
Creatify is pronounced /kɹiˈeɪtɪfaɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of creatify?
The past tense of creatify is creatified.

Words near creatify in the dictionary

  1. creatianist
  2. creatianists
  3. creatic
  4. creatified
  5. creatifies
  6. creatify
  7. creatifying
  8. creatin
  9. creatinaemia
  10. creatinase
  11. creatinases

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