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- pronunciation:
- I
n
veIt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
innovates, innovating, innovated |
| definition: |
to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes.
We can't be satisfied with the old methods of doing things; we need to innovate.- similar words:
- pioneer
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to propose or implement (new methods, approaches, ideas, or the like).
She innovated techniques that advanced the sport of skating.Henry Ford innovated the method of mass producing cars on an assembly line.- similar words:
- pioneer
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| related words: |
design, mastermind |
adverb + (v.)innovate
aggressively, constantly, continually, continuously, fast, generally, quickly, rapidly, typically
(v.)innovate
+ noun
ability,
artisan,
attempt,
being,
business,
capacity,
capital,
combination,
company,
competition,
competitor,
concept,
creativity,
customer,
design,
desire,
entrepreneur,
environment,
experiment,
failure,
farmer,
firm,
flexibility,
form,
freedom,
frontier,
incentive,
industry,
innovation,
internet,
lack,
manager,
necessity,
objective,
opportunity,
option,
pollution,
principle,
product,
readiness,
risk,
software,
solution,
specialty,
talent,
technology,
threat,
tradition,
willingness
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| derivations: |
innovative (adj.), innovator (n.) |
The word innovate
contains the following parts:
nov
Latin
root
that means new
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- neo
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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