adj · neutral
ingenious
/ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/in·GEN·ious
Band 6-7task2speaking
very clever and original, especially in finding ways of solving problems
Examples
“The engineer came up with an ingenious solution to reduce energy loss.”
“It was an ingenious marketing idea that boosted sales.”
“The device's ingenious design made it easy to use.”
Band 8 sentence
“The team's ingenious approach combined low-cost materials with efficient design, producing outstanding results.”
Collocations
- ingenious solution
- ingenious idea
- ingenious design
Word family
ingenuity ningeniously adv
Common mistakes
He is so ingenuous at fixing things.→He is so ingenious at fixing things.
His very ingeniousness saved us.→His ingenuity saved us.
Say it for a higher band
5clever→6creative→7+ingenious
Synonyms
clever
creative
Easily confused
ingenuous
“Her ingenuous questions revealed how little she knew about the subject.”
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