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Collocations for ingenuity - noun

ADJECTIVE

considerable, great
a little
technical
human
American, Yankee (both AmE)

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… OF INGENUITY

amount, degree
Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ingenuity.

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VERB + ingenuity

have
someone who has the ingenuity to solve problems
use
There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your ingenuity.
demonstrate, display, show
The children showed a lot of ingenuity.
admire
require, take
Considerable ingenuity is needed to minimize costs.
It didn't take much ingenuity to transform the door into a table.

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PREPOSITION

with ingenuity
They adapted the available materials with great ingenuity.
ingenuity in
We have to admire his ingenuity in redesigning the machinery.

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