innovative

innovative
adjective Date: 1608 characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations • innovatively adverbinnovativeness noun

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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

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