different between preeminent vs creative

English

Alternative forms

• præeminent (18?^th century)
• pre-eminent
• preëminent

Etymology

From Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin prae?min?ns, present participle of prae?min?re (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ?min?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?i???m?n?nt/

Adjective

preeminent (not comparable)

1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]

Derived terms

• preeminence
• preeminently

Translations

Anagrams

• repinement

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prae?min?ns.

Adjective

preeminent (masculine and feminine plural preeminents)

1. preeminent

Derived terms

• preeminentment

Related terms

• preeminència

Further reading

• “preeminent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “preeminent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “preeminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “preeminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prééminent

Adjective

preeminent m or n (feminine singular preeminent?, masculine plural preeminen?i, feminine and neuter plural preeminente)

1. preeminent

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i?e?t?v/
• Rhymes: -e?t?v

Adjective

creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)

1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

2. (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

3. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

4. Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

   creative accounting

Synonyms

• inventive
• original

Antonyms

• imitative (tend to model an extant thing)
• annihilative (tend to make extinct)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)

2. (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.

3. (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

Translations

References

• creative at OneLook Dictionary Search
• creative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "creative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 82.
• creative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• reactive

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

creative

1. feminine plural of creativo

Anagrams

• createvi
• recatevi