Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

innovations

[in-uh-vey-shuhn]

Example Sentences Origin

The Boeing Company www.boeing.com/stories From Inspiration To Innovation, Explore Boeing's Innovations Today.

Online Innovation www.ideaconnection.com Open innovation Collaborative Problem Solving

California Innovations www.target.com Find California Innovations Online. Free Shipping $50 on 100,000 Items!

Ads

noun

something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.

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

Odyssey Solutions LLC www.odyssey-solutions.net Product Development Consulting Got An Idea? We Can Help...

Origin:
1540–50; < Late Latin innovātiōn- (stem of innovātiō). See innovate, -ion

Related forms

in·no·va·tion·al, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source

Link To innovations

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Innovations is always a great word to know.

So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

Example Sentences

Universities often aren't nimble at retaining large stakes in start-ups that commercialize their innovations.

Many innovations were really directed at regulatory, tax and accounting arbitrage.

It was a groundbreaking decision, even for a company with a long history of inventions and innovations.

EXPAND

Universities often aren't nimble at retaining large stakes in start-ups that commercialize their innovations.

Many innovations were really directed at regulatory, tax and accounting arbitrage.

It was a groundbreaking decision, even for a company with a long history of inventions and innovations.

According to the results of a new study, simply by copying the successful innovations of their relatives.

Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science.

They also introduced such innovations as concrete counters.

In older times, real innovations were so few and far-between that social conventions had time to.

He was internationally renowned for his innovations in rhinology and sleep.

As recent events have made clear, financial innovations and modern practices did not.

You've said that your best innovations often end up being pretty simple in application.

These innovations have quickly led to a wide range of applications.

To push research forward, scientists need to draw from the best data and innovations in their field.

Cook is taking the stage to discuss what innovations the company has in mind for the iPhone.

All these are strictly business ventures, not innovations.

New airline tactics and so-called innovations make comparing airfares more difficult.

Innovations in transportation, energy production and technology will have to keep pace with a host of challenges.

We've helped create two high-design demonstration homes to show how the latest residential innovations play out.

Other innovations were putting butter on popcorn, ice in drinks and caramel on apples at theater concession stands.

Innovations not only break the mould, they also yield far better returns than ordinary business ventures.

Some recent innovations in tornado chasing have added important data to meteorologists' knowledge.

Radical innovations are needed to drastically change the energy game.

The first real innovations toward electric axes, however, came with the awarding of two patents for magnetic pickups.

On reflection, this is appropriate because his innovations occurred in an earlier era.

Meanwhile, the monopolist lives on marked time, burning off the fat of its past innovations.

Read a collection of essays authored by heroes and leaders in the field of water solutions and innovations.

Parts of the brain are constantly being co-opted to process technological innovations.

But castle design changed over the centuries in response to both innovations in warfare and.

Market players are not waiting on regulatory innovations to force changes in their behaviours.

It was a time shaped by innovations in government, transport and communications.

The innovations opened the door for a more controlled form of downhill skiing than the miners' daredevil plunging.

These may not be the things one would consider innovations for improving the quality of life in cities, and they are not.

In the millennia since, technological innovations have often accompanied beermaking, and occasionally improved it.

Successful innovations have spread only slowly, if at all.

But other innovations could extend evaporative cooling to wetter regions.

Most of the innovations that have improved our lives weren't funded by the federal government.

You'll tell them what innovations to pursue based on how you're trying to win the game.

Let me know if you've come across other examples of innovations that follow this pattern.

Technological innovations might yet make it cheaper to produce.

Over time, it may be able to export the ideas and innovations to others.

Humans are on a path where these is no stopping the innovations that will lead to an automated society.

Rollei also introduced the automatic film counter, among other innovations.

He held more than a dozen patents for his innovations and received numerous awards for his work in the field of nuclear medicine.

Disruptive innovations create an ecosystem of companies and products around them.

Innovations helped create these customer contact centers.

Innovations in networking technology have also played a huge role in pushing down prices.

No matter what novel innovations are made in the world of finance, such innovations on its own does not create any wealth.

Intriguingly, however, recent innovations in our species' cultural evolution.

In principle, patents open up innovations in two ways.

As a result, customers are beholden to suppliers, and innovations go under-exploited.

They can also make long-term bets on innovations that will redefine markets rather than merely satisfy demand.

Innovations have been pushed from the periphery to the centre, from the small.

And it will also account for a disproportionate share of business innovations.

Yet such innovations have generally been introduced by firms other than banks.

Apple's contribution is the design and software-and, importantly, integrating the innovations of others.

The emerging world will undoubtedly make a growing contribution to breakthrough innovations.

For two decades, this served as a green light for innovations.

His administrative and fiscal innovations underpinned it for a century after his death.

And it is encouraging organisations of all kinds to adapt innovations from the consumer world for their own ends.

There will be revolutionary innovations in communication and information technologies.

The travails of finance, in turn, may prevent the recovering economy from backing and exploiting innovations.

Venues have smartened up, introducing innovations such as cold beer and clean toilets.

Breakthroughs are, by definition, more difficult than routine innovations.

The innovations of modern finance generated great profits for its participants.

With budgets tight, private-sector innovations are even more appealing.

Linguistic hygienists have been fighting against such innovations since pen was first put to paper.

And customers have been quick to adapt to smart cards, interactive screens in branches and other innovations.

American innovations have long enriched other countries and created employment opportunities abroad.

COLLAPSE

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

innovation

1540s, from L. innovationem, noun of action from innovare (see innovate).

Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com

Searching for innovations?
How many words do you actually know?

FIND OUT

Related Words

enlightenment Hellenistic Slavophile

Slavophile Victorian

Matching Quote

"Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities."

-Thomas Jefferson

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Sendori Thesaurus

About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help