ingenuity
/ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/
ingenuity noun: the ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
Noun
ingenuity (usually uncountable, plural ingenuities)
- 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.
- An ingenuous action or thought.
- Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii
- Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
- And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
ingenuity meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
ingenuity in Marathi
- ingenuity, inventiveness
- कल्पकता kalpaktā
ingenuity in Urdu
- ingenuity
- ذہن zihn
ingenuity in Bengali
- উদ্ভাবনী শক্তি, চতুরতা, উদ্ভাবন ক্ষমতা
ingenuity in Telugu
- చాతుర్యం
More languagesFewer languages
- ingenuity in Malayalam
- ചാതുര്യം
- ingenuity in Kannada
- ಒಡರುಂಕುಬಲ, ಒಡರುಂಕಾರ್ಪು, ಚಾತುರ್ಯ, ಕೌಶಲ
- ingenuity in Gujarati
- ચાતુર્ય, ચાતુર્યતા
- ingenuity in Odia
- ଚାତୁର୍ଯ଼
- ingenuity in Sanskrit
- शिल्प śilpá
- ingenuity in Nepali
- चातुर्य, चातुर्यता
Examples of ingenuity in a sentence
- Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
- The heavy freight traffic which shares the double line between Paddington and Wolverhampton with the passenger traffic has taxed the ingenuity of the timetable planners.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:
Forms of ingenuity
| plural | ingenuities |
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Origin of ingenuity
From Latin ingenuitās. Compare genius.
Words formed from ingenuity
Questions about ingenuity
- What does ingenuity mean?
- Ingenuity means the ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
- What is ingenuity in Marathi?
- Ingenuity in Marathi is कल्पकता (kalpaktā). See Ingenuity meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use ingenuity in a sentence?
- Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
- What part of speech is ingenuity?
- Ingenuity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ingenuity?
- Ingenuity is pronounced /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/.
- What is the plural of ingenuity?
- The plural of ingenuity is ingenuities.
Words near ingenuity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingenuity (page history and authors); कल्पकता (Marathi) (page history and authors); ذہن (Urdu) (page history and authors); Ingenuity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ingenuity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ingenuity (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ingenuity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ingenuity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ingenuity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); शिल्प (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ingenuity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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