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Collocations for ingenuity - noun

ADJ.

considerable, great | intellectual, technical | human

QUANT.

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

VERB + INGENUITY

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

PREP.

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

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