innovate
to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time: to innovate a computer operating system.
Archaic. to alter.
Origin of innovate
1Other words from innovate
- in·no·va·tor, noun
- un·in·no·vat·ing, adjective
Words Nearby innovate
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How to use innovate in a sentence
I am excited for him to lead our teams and continue innovating for customers.
Who is Dave Clark, the new chief of Amazon’s giant retail business? | Aaron Pressman | August 22, 2020 | FortuneMore brands innovating their own search engines would create new opportunities for digital marketers and the brands we help build.
What the commoditization of search engine technology with GPT-3 means for Google and SEO | Manick Bhan | August 21, 2020 | Search Engine WatchIn fact, we have to double down on investment in research and development and empower people to innovate through nontraditional collaboration.
COVID-19 has spurred rapid transformation in health care. Let’s make sure it stays that way | jakemeth | August 20, 2020 | FortuneBusinesses are feeling the urgency to dig into data more effectively and innovate more quickly.
E-learning? There’s a database for that. Real-time data? That, too | Jason Sparapani | August 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe pandemic is forcing many industries to innovate and come up with ideas that help them stay relevant in the “new normal.”
Matrimonial websites are innovating to help Indians find love in the time of coronavirus | Hiren Mansukhani | July 13, 2020 | Quartz
So Wilson had to innovate a new business plan—a $950 monthly lease, with 2,000 free copies.
The key to his success is working in a practice that gives him time to innovate.
It does so because competition for the kind of high-skill workers it needs to innovate is high.
Why Obama’s Plan for Working Moms Just Won’t Work | Cathy Reisenwitz | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, again, companies accustomed to having monopolies rarely innovate.
Why Would Comcast Improve When It Could Buy Time Warner Cable Instead? | Daniel Gross | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWho gets to innovate in a world where you need to pay AT&T to compete?
AT&T’s New “Sponsored Data” Scheme is a Tremendous Loss for All of Us | Michael Weinberg | January 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Greeks found means to improve, or at least to innovate, upon perfection itself.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotIn attempting to innovate, some danger of lowering the nobility of the type would be incurred.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) | Georges PerrotIn him assuredly there was no attempt at inventiveness; he has always repudiated the idea that the poet should seek to innovate.
Personality in Literature | Rolfe Arnold Scott-JamesBut every man cannot distinguish betwixt pedantry and poetry; every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry | John DrydenAt first they were afraid to innovate even to the slight extent of adaptation.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington Symonds
British Dictionary definitions for innovate
/ (ˈɪnəˌveɪt) /
to invent or begin to apply (methods, ideas, etc)
Origin of innovate
1Derived forms of innovate
- innovative or innovatory, adjective
- innovator, noun
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