"innovative" meaning in English

See innovative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈɪn.ə.və.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈɪn.əˌveɪ.tɪv / [UK], /ɪˈnəʊ.və.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈɪn.əˌveɪɾɪv/ [US], /ˈɪn.oʊˌveɪɾɪv/ [US] Audio: En-us-innovative.ogg [US] Forms: more innovative [comparative], most innovative [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + novate + -tive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|novate|-tive}} in- + novate + -tive Head templates: {{en-adj}} innovative (comparative more innovative, superlative most innovative)
  1. Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions. Translations (characterized by the creation of new ideas or things): اِبْتِكارِيّ (ibtikāriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مُبْتَكَر (mubtakar) [masculine] (Arabic), інавацы́йны (inavacýjny) (Belarusian), новаторски (novatorski) (Bulgarian), innovador (Catalan), inovativní (Czech), opfindsom (Danish), nyskabende (Danish), innovatief (Dutch), innovatiivinen (Finnish), novateur (French), innovant (French), innovativ (German), καινοτόμος (kainotómos) (Greek), νεωτεριστικός (neoteristikós) (Greek), חדשני (khadshaní) (Hebrew), नाविन्य (nāvinya) (Hindi), innovatív (Hungarian), innovativo (Italian), 革新的な (kakushintekina) (alt: かくしんてきな) (Japanese), жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq) (Kazakh), ច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មី (cnay prɑdɨt tməy) (Khmer), auaha (Maori), banebrytende (Norwegian), nyskapende (Norwegian Bokmål), innovativ (Norwegian Bokmål), nyskapande (Norwegian Nynorsk), innovativ (Norwegian Nynorsk), banebrytande (Norwegian Nynorsk), innovador (Occitan), innowacyjny (Polish), inovador (Portuguese), inovativo (Portuguese), inovator (Romanian), инновацио́нный (innovaciónnyj) (Russian), ȉnovatīvan (Serbo-Croatian), иновативан (Serbo-Croatian), innovador (Spanish), innovativo (Spanish), novedoso (Spanish), pionero (Spanish), innovativ (Swedish), nyskapande (Swedish), påhittig (Swedish), uppfinningsrik (Swedish), інноваці́йний (innovacíjnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-innovative-en-adj-QdeDGCuc Disambiguation of 'characterized by the creation of new ideas or things': 90 10
  2. Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (forward looking; ahead of current thinking): innovador (Catalan), kaukonäköinen (Finnish), innovativ (German), προηγμένος (proïgménos) (Greek), innovatív (Hungarian), 革新的な (kakushintekina) (alt: かくしんてきな) (Japanese), передово́й (peredovój) (Russian), ȉnovatīvan (Serbo-Croatian), иновативан (Serbo-Croatian), innovativ (Swedish), visionär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-innovative-en-adj-eHZhq0zR Disambiguation of Personality: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English terms suffixed with -tive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tive: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'forward looking; ahead of current thinking': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: new

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      "roman": "novatorski",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovador"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "inovativní"
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "opfindsom"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "nyskabende"
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovatief"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovatiivinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "novateur"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovativ"
    },
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "roman": "neoteristikós",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "roman": "khadshaní",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "roman": "nāvinya",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovatív"
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      "word": "革新的な"
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      "roman": "cnay prɑdɨt tməy",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "ច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មី"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "nyskapande"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovativ"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innowacyjny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "inovador"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "inovativo"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "inovator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "innovaciónnyj",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "инновацио́нный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "ȉnovatīvan"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovador"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "novedoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "pionero"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "innovativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "nyskapande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "påhittig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "uppfinningsrik"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "innovacíjnyj",
      "sense": "characterized by the creation of new ideas or things",
      "word": "інноваці́йний"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "innovador"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "kaukonäköinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "innovativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proïgménos",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "προηγμένος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "innovatív"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かくしんてきな",
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      "roman": "kakushintekina",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "革新的な"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredovój",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "передово́й"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "ȉnovatīvan"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "иновативан"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "forward looking; ahead of current thinking",
      "word": "innovativ"
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