innovate

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin innovare (“renew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnəveɪt/

Verb

innovate (third-person singular simple present innovat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle innovated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York 2001, p.80:

     But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].

   • South

     From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.

2. (intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
3. (transitive) To introduce (something) as new.

   to innovate a word or an act

Related terms

• innovative
• innovation
• innovator
• innovatory

Synonyms

• invent

Translations

to introduce changes

• Catalan: innovar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創新／创新 (zh) (chuàngxīn), 创新 (zh) (chuàngxīn)

• Czech: inovovat (cs)
• Danish: forny
• Dutch: vernieuwen (nl)
• Finnish: esitellä (fi), uudistaa (fi), innovoida
• French: innover (fr)
• German: innovieren (de), erneuern (de), neuern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καινουργέω (kainourgéō)

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• Hungarian: újít (hu)
• Icelandic: endurnýja
• Italian: innovare (it)
• Norwegian: fornye
• Portuguese: inovar (pt)
• Slovak: inovovať
• Spanish: innovar (es)
• Swedish: förnya (sv)

Anagrams

• venation

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Italian

Verb

innovate

1. second-person plural present indicative of innovare
2. second-person plural imperative of innovare
3. feminine plural of innovato

Anagrams

• innevato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) innovāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of innovō