- innovative
- adjective Date: 1608 characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations • innovatively adverb • innovativeness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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innovative — in‧nov‧at‧ive [ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv] adjective 1. an innovative product, method, process etc is new, different, and better than those that existed before: • Kodak has developed some innovative products in electronic imaging. • We supply goods to customers … Financial and business terms
innovative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) featuring new methods; advanced and original: innovative designs. 2) (of a person) original and creative in thinking … English terms dictionary
Innovative — In no*va*tive, a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
innovative — index novel, sophisticated Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
innovative — 1806 (with an isolated use from c.1600), from INNOVATE (Cf. innovate) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Innovatively; innovativeness … Etymology dictionary
innovative — [adj] creative avant garde, breaking new ground*, contemporary, cuttingedge*, deviceful, ingenious, innovational, innovatory, inventive, just out*, leading edge*, new, newfangled*, original, originative, state of the art; concepts 529,578,589,797 … New thesaurus
innovative — 01. He designed an [innovative] new computer program which has been sold to a company which makes computer games. 02. Bill Gates continued efforts to [innovate] and change have helped to keep Microsoft at the top of the computer world. 03. The… … Grammatical examples in English
innovative — in|nov|at|ive [ˈınəˌveıtıv] adj also innovatory 1.) an innovative idea or way of doing something is new, different, and better than those that existed before ▪ an innovative approach to language teaching ▪ innovative schemes for recycling waste… … Dictionary of contemporary English
innovative — [[t]ɪ̱nəveɪtɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is innovative is new and original. ...products which are cheaper, more innovative and more reliable than those of their competitors. 2) ADJ GRADED An innovative person introduces changes and new… … English dictionary
innovative — in|no|va|tive [ ınə,veıtıv ] adjective * new, original, and advanced: an innovative approach designs full of innovative ideas a. inventing or using new ideas, methods, equipment, etc.: an innovative young movie director … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
innovative */ — UK [ˈɪnəveɪtɪv] / UK [ˈɪnəvətɪv] / US [ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv] adjective a) new, original, and advanced an innovative approach designs full of innovative ideas b) inventing or using new ideas, methods, equipment etc an innovative young film director Derived … English dictionary
