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innovation

[ in-uh-vey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. something new or different introduced:

    numerous innovations in the high school curriculum.

  2. the act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods.


innovation

/ ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən /

noun

  1. something newly introduced, such as a new method or device
  2. the act of innovating


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinnoˈvationist, noun
  • ˌinnoˈvational, adjective

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Other Words From

  • inno·vation·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of innovation1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Late Latin innovātiōn- (stem of innovātiō ); innovate, -ion

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Example Sentences

I often wonder what contributions to art and innovation society would have gathered if not for how it treats trans individuals.

Best Buy is caught up in the breakneck world of technological innovation.

That in itself was a huge innovation, but de Silva says access to markets is still a problem for everyone.

The result was a system not open to alternatives from the outside and with no internal incentives for innovation.

The Macallan collaborations have even extended past photographers to additional masters of their craft focused on innovation.

He was all for change and innovation, and managed to get the principle of formal election to the chairmanship established.

The parents of the latter resent the innovation; almost every Jewish child receives religious training at home or in cheidar.

An innovation so convenient and sensible quickly became the universal rule.

Edward Garden himself could not so have reconciled John to all this innovation with a single whispered word.

How determined his father had been against such an innovation as electric light, but he had put it in after the old mans death.

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