"innovate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪnəveɪt/ [UK] Audio: En-us-innovate.ogg Forms: innovates [present, singular, third-person], innovating [participle, present], innovated [participle, past], innovated [past]
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin innovare (“renew”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*new- (new)}}, {{bor|en|la|innovare||renew}} Latin innovare (“renew”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} innovate (third-person singular simple present innovates, present participle innovating, simple past and past participle innovated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-innovate-en-verb-2DbNya6~ Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 45 45 9
  2. (intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. Tags: intransitive Translations (to introduce something new): καινουργέω (kainourgéō) (Ancient Greek), innovar (Catalan), 創新 /创新 (chuàngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), inovovat (Czech), forny (Danish), vernieuwen (Dutch), innovoida (Finnish), tehdä uutta (Finnish), tehdä uudella tavalla (Finnish), keksiä (Finnish), innover (French), innovieren (German), erneuern (German), neuern (German), újít (Hungarian), endurnýja (Icelandic), innleiða nýjungar (Icelandic), innovare (Italian), fornye (Norwegian), inovar (Portuguese), inovovať (Slovak), innovar (Spanish), förnya (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-innovate-en-verb-sPb82e98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 26 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 45 45 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 51 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 51 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 60 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 69 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 59 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 63 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 59 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 56 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 59 16 Disambiguation of 'to introduce something new': 13 51 36
  3. (transitive) To introduce (something) as new. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-innovate-en-verb-xxvYj893
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: invent, boldly go where no man has gone before [idiomatic], break new ground, innovate, novelize [dated], pioneer Related terms: innovative, innovation, innovator, innovatory

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} innovate
  1. inflection of innovare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: innovare
    Sense id: en-innovate-it-verb-G-OOEkGr Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 12 4 65 10 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 8 2 77 7 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 78 19 4
  2. inflection of innovare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: innovare
    Sense id: en-innovate-it-verb-dqQ5XAkC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} innovate f pl
  1. feminine plural of innovato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: innovato
    Sense id: en-innovate-it-verb-yiNixMjU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: innovāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=innovāte}} innovāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of innovō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: innovō
    Sense id: en-innovate-la-verb--mfLh2lL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} innovate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of innovar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: innovar
    Sense id: en-innovate-es-verb-Mxxqe389 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:",
          "text": "Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.",
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        "(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new."
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          "text": "But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […]."
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          "ref": "2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:",
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