Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To begin or introduce (something new) for the first time.
- intransitive verb To begin or introduce something new.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To change or alter by bringing in something new.
- To bring in as new; introduce or perform by way of innovation.
- To bring in something new; make changes in anything established: with on and sometimes
in before an object.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with
in oron . - transitive verb Archaic To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty.
- transitive verb Archaic To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
alter , tochange into something new. - verb intransitive To
introduce somethingnew to a particularenvironment ; to do something new.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring something new to an environment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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CEOs scribble the word "innovate" on their personal stationery and sleep with it under their pillows at night.
Matthew DeBord: Innovation: When It's Phony, and When It's the Real Deal Matthew DeBord 2011
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CEOs scribble the word "innovate" on their personal stationery and sleep with it under their pillows at night.
Matthew DeBord: Innovation: When It's Phony, and When It's the Real Deal Matthew DeBord 2011
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"Your ability to innovate is inversely proportional to your client's self-perceived sophistication."
Who Should Be The Next Administrator of NASA? - NASA Watch 2009
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Initially, I hoped that meant he was maybe doing interesting work representing device manufacturers whose capacity to innovate is being stifled by unduly restrictive DMCA provisions.
Matthew Yglesias » Tom Perrelli and Intellectual Property 2009
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Of these, the only area where they can innovate is in the marketing/distribution area.
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Nor can they demonstrate any ability to provide better service through innovation; the only remaining room left to innovate is in figuring out how to deny claims.
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For many in our industry, the capacity to innovate is closely tied to developing human resources.
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Because the business that doesn't innovate is risking its eventual demise.
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Each operation was new and presented unique problems, and we had to invent and innovate from the start.
The CN Tower 1975
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It’s all just another shiny thing on a conveyer belt already groaning under the weight of shiny things – an environment where the only way to innovate is to get shinier and more illusory, rather than more useful.
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