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INNOVATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring something new to an environment

Example:

A new word processor was introduced

Synonyms:

innovate; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "innovate" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "innovate"):

phase in (introduce gradually)

open up; pioneer (open up an area or prepare a way)

debut (present for the first time to the public)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

innovation (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

innovation (a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation)

innovative (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before)

innovator (someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art)

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