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
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How to use innovate in a sentence
We’re not innovating for the whole dictionary — it’s a constrained model, it’s a menu.
Kea raises $10M to build AI that helps restaurants answer the phone | Anthony Ha | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchThere are lots of opportunities to innovate in the museum space.
Bezos had a hunch in the mid-1990s about the stratospheric growth of the Internet, but only the skills to hustle and innovate allowed him to turn that insight into a successful business.
Jeff Bezos’s thoughts on Big Business, outer space and The Washington Post | James Ledbetter | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostMy experience should concern you even if you aren’t a woman of color, because when women of color aren’t given the opportunity to innovate and bring new products and services to market, the whole economy is held back.
To jump-start America’s economy, invest in women entrepreneurs of color | matthewheimer | November 19, 2020 | FortuneFor 40 years, we innovated with the aerospace and defense industry.
Leveraging collective intelligence and AI to benefit society | Jason Sparapani | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Billionaires innovated, and set up outside “527” organizations.
Time is Money: How to Fix Outrageous Political Spending | Jim Arkedis | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA unique, exceptional couturier for a Maison that always challenged and innovated the world of fashion.
In so doing, she innovated ahead of even some of the most right-leaning Israeli Supreme Court justices.
Formulating an Alternative to the ‘Jewish State Law’ | Raphael Magarik | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd therefore, though he innovated a little, he may justly be called a great refiner of the Roman tongue.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) | John DrydenShelley no more innovated or created in metaphysics or politics than did Milton.
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle | H. N. BrailsfordThis rich and becoming mode of dress was gradually innovated upon until caprice reigned paramount over the national wardrobe.
The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. | Elizabeth StoneAs Islamism has changed the demeanour of the Turks, so doubtless it has in other ways materially innovated on their Tartar nature.
Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) | John Henry NewmanIt does not appear that he innovated in the dogmas that he had learned at the school of his great teacher.
The Life or Legend of Gaudama | Right Reverend Paul Ambroise Bigandet
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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