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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•no•vate /ˈɪnəˌveɪt/USA pronunciation v., -vat•ed, -vat•ing. - to introduce something new;
make changes: [~ + on/in + object]to innovate on another's creation.[~ + object]to innovate a computer operating system.
in•no•va•tion, n. [countable* uncountable] in•no•va•tion•al, adj. in•no•va•tive, adj. See -nov-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•no•vate (in′ə vāt′),USA pronunciation v., -vat•ed, -vat•ing. v.i. - to introduce something new;
make changes in anything established.
v.t. - to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time:to innovate a computer operating system.
- [Archaic.]to alter.
- Latin innovātus past participle of innovāre to renew, alter, equivalent. to in- in-2 + novātus (novā(re) to renew, verb, verbal derivative of novus new + -tus past participle suffix)
- 1540–50
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•no•va•tion (in′ə vā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - something new or different introduced:numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- the act of innovating;
introduction of new things or methods.
- Late Latin innovātiōn- (stem of innovātiō). See innovate, -ion
- 1540–50
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