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innovator
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in
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uh
-veyt
]
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in·no·vate
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əˌveɪt
/
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in
-
uh
-veyt
]
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verb,
in·no·vat·ed,
in·no·vat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
verb (used with object)
2.
to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time:
to innovate a computer
operating system
.
3.
Archaic
.
to alter.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Origin:
1540–50;
<
Latin
innovātus
past participle of
innovāre
to renew, alter, equivalent to
in-
in-
2
+
novātus
(
novā
(
re
) to renew, verbal derivative of
novus
new
+
-tus
past participle suffix)
Related forms
in·no·va·tor,
noun
in·no·va·to·ry,
adjective
un·in·no·vat·ing,
adjective
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We have lost a great
innovator
with too big a shoes to fill.
He had an unusual combination of gifts, that of
innovator
and salesman.
Clearly, it is not enough to have an innovative strategy, one must also be an
innovator
in one's choice of words.
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We have lost a great
innovator
with too big a shoes to fill.
He had an unusual combination of gifts, that of
innovator
and salesman.
Clearly, it is not enough to have an innovative strategy, one must also be an
innovator
in one's choice of words.
Using such an
innovator
as the measuring stick of the standard is something of an odd choice.
It has become a leading industrial power, a technological
innovator
and a vibrant democracy.
He needs to be an
innovator
and an entrepreneur with a global vision.
But those ideas are often rejected because the creative
innovator
must stand up to vested interests and defy the crowd.
Less well known is his importance as a management
innovator
.
Historians have viewed her both as a brazen usurper and a gender-bending
innovator
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
innovate
(ˈɪnəˌveɪt)
—
vb
to invent or begin to apply (methods, ideas, etc)
[C16: from Latin
innovāre
to renew, from
in-
² +
novāre
to make new, from
novus
new]
innovative
—
adj
'innovatory
—
adj
'innovator
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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