innovation
something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high school curriculum.
the act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods.
Origin of innovation
1Other words from innovation
- in·no·va·tion·al, adjective
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How to use innovation in a sentence
In order to know what innovations work, you have to have good information on how effective your practices are.
And new innovations continue to make wireless, on-demand viewing the new way our families consume TV.
“Most of the innovations of the digital age were done collaboratively,” he writes.
Walter Isaacson’s ‘The Innovators’: How a Gaggle of Geeks Invented the Future | Wendy Smith | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFurther, the Defense Department should give companies “extra credit” for coming up with innovations, the industry official said.
America’s Advanced Stealth Jet Flies on 1990s Tech | Dave Majumdar | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor Edison, electricity was the fuel that powered a series of innovations.
On the other hand, there are many innovations since American administration superseded the native civil government.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanEven among the men of the day, corrupted and distracted as they are by foreign innovations, could real strength be found?
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThe complainants had unwisely mixed the charge of disloyal speeches, etc., with Church innovations.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonThe new pontiff-king had effected many innovations in religious ceremonies.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftScientific innovations have been slow in reaching it, and specimens of barbarian usage are far from rare.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
British Dictionary definitions for innovation
/ (ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən) /
something newly introduced, such as a new method or device
the act of innovating
Derived forms of innovation
- innovational, adjective
- innovationist, noun
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