creative work

collocation in English

meaningsofcreativeandwork

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creative
adjective
uk
/kriˈeɪ.tɪv/
us
/kriˈeɪ.t̬ɪv/
producing or using original and ...
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/
us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofcreativeandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcreative work

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The significant correlations between levels of creativity and levels of optimal experience suggest that students who produced high-qualitycreativeworkreally enjoyed the experience.
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For example, in original design, a lot ofcreativeworkhas to be done during the stage of conceptual design to produce new ideas.
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Much of thecreativeworkof design must be done by humans.
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They agree that secondary class teaching is about helping pupils to achieve their potential, about doingcreativeworkin the classroom, and so forth.
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For them, thecreativeworkand collective action stages are intertwined.
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Furthermore, practical,creativeworkhad no more associations with atonal music by that time than with any other musical area.
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The 'safeguarding' ofcreativework, the work of art, is justified as long as it is accompanied by its ethical conscience, the other text.
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Man realised himself in thecreativeworkof shaping and re-shaping the world.
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For me, this cycle is fundamental tocreativework.
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She or he will look forward to continuingcreativeworkas there was no threshold to start; this in turn will increase electroacoustic music appreciation.
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I already knew that work was the only solution to life's problems,creativeworkwith some manual labour thrown in.
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Hiscreativeworkis often an expression of these multifaceted and hybrid identities.
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In the best moments ofcreativework, physical laws momentarily lose their force.
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Both social andcreativeworkparameters had already been formed and common artistic ground had been established prior to the rehearsal process.
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He was a liberal, he looked to thecreativeworkof the individual, but he also tried to get students to work as teams.
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Environmental factors provide a setting that can stimulate and support the development of new ideas or, on the contrary, inhibit and devaluecreativework.
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Although hiscreativeworkgoes back decades, the decision to bring this work to the fore occurred rather late in his career.
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He gained his solid reputation through his colleagues' reactions to hiscreativework, as well as through his teaching and essays.
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Even "blueprint" instructions, therefore, can allow individuals to impose innovative ideas oncreativeworkin choosing color, giving shape, or making small changes to a pattern.
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