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innovateinnovate /ˈɪnəˌveɪt/ AWL verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYinnovateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of innovare, from novus new VERB TABLEinnovate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | innovate | | he, she, it | innovates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | innovated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have innovated | | he, she, it | has innovated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had innovated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will innovate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have innovated |
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| Present | I | am innovating | | he, she, it | is innovating | | you, we, they | are innovating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was innovating | | you, we, they | were innovating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been innovating | | he, she, it | has been innovating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been innovating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be innovating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been innovating |
THESAURUSto make or design something new for the first time► inventto make or design something new for the first time: Who invented the personal computer? The children invented a new game. ► create to invent or design something: The chicken dish was created by our new chef. ► come up with (also think up) informal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new. Think up sounds more informal than come up with: Teachers constantly have to think up new ways to keep the kids interested. Carson said he came up with the idea for the book about five years ago. ► conceive formal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new: It was Dr. Salk who conceived the idea of a polio vaccine. ► devise formal to plan or invent a way of doing something: He devised a set of gates that the water could push through when the pressure became high. ► innovate to invent or begin using new ideas, equipment, or ways of doing something: Firms need to innovate to keep the attention of the market. ► dream something up informal to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one: The company’s name was dreamed up by Harris’s 15-year-old daughter. to think of and begin to use new ideas, methods, or inventions: Their ability to innovate has allowed them to compete in world markets.► see thesaurus at invent |