innovation
noun /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/
/ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/
- [uncountable] the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing something
- an age of technological innovation
- The company is very interested in product design and innovation.
- Too strict a regulatory system will stifle innovation.
- innovation in something innovation in engineering
Extra Examples- Technical innovation may occur directly in the factory.
- industries where constant product innovation is a criterion for survival
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- continuous
- successful
- …
- accelerate
- encourage
- facilitate
- …
- happen
- occur
- process
- innovation in
- [countable] a new idea, way of doing something, etc. that has been introduced or discovered
- technological innovations designed to save energy
- innovation in something recent innovations in steel-making technology
Extra Examples- Many innovations were introduced by the 1919 Act.
- She believed she had come up with one of the greatest innovations of modern times.
- innovations in machinery and instruments
- Mathematical astronomy was the great innovation by the Greeks of the 5th century BC.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- important
- major
- …
- come up with
- introduce
- design
- …
- occur
- innovation in
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin innovatio(n-), from the verb innovare, from in- ‘into’ + novare ‘make new’ (from novus ‘new’).