innovator

[in-uh-veyt] Example Sentences

in·no·vate

[in-uh-veyt] 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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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)

in·no·va·tor, noun
in·no·va·to·ry, adjective
un·in·no·vat·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • 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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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

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