ingenuity

«ingenuity» in Mova's school dictionary: being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ingenuity, uncountable); adjective ingenious

meaning for a pupil

1) Ingenuity is being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart ways to solve problems. tree →

2) (a name) Ingenuity was also the name of a small helicopter flown on Mars. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, design and technology lessons it praises clever solutions; in stories it shows a resourceful hero. Phrases: «human ingenuity», «show ingenuity», «use your ingenuity».

examples

• The team showed great ingenuity in building a bridge out of paper. tree →
• With a bit of ingenuity, we fixed the bike with string. tree →
• Robinson Crusoe survived by ingenuity. tree →
• Engineers use ingenuity to solve problems. tree →
• Human ingenuity put people on the Moon. tree →
• Her ingenuity amazed the judges. tree →
• The Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars. tree →
• Use your ingenuity to escape the puzzle room. tree →
• Now, most people throw them away, and that only shows what a number of things are wasted for want of a little patience and ingenuity.’ tree →

note

Uncountable. Say «in-juh-NYOO-ih-tee». Trap: ingenuity goes with «ingenious» (clever), not with «ingenuous» (innocent and trusting).

In the corpora

• The rover Perseverance carried a small helicopter called Ingenuity, which flew on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ingenuity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.