innovation
nounBand 6
UKˌɪnəˈveɪʃn
USˌɪnəˈveɪʃən
A new method, idea, or product; the act of introducing something new.
Constant innovation keeps the company ahead of its rivals.
The smartphone was a genuine innovation.
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Innovation contains Latin novus, “new”: it introduces something new.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- inventionbreakthroughadvance
- Opposite
- stagnationtradition
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