innovation noun
1 introduction of new ideas
ADJ. constant, continuous | successful | cultural, educational, industrial, scientific, technical, technological | design, policy, product industries where constant product innovation is a criterion for survival
VERB + INNOVATION encourage, facilitate, foster, stimulate | stifle Too strict a regulatory system will stifle innovation.
INNOVATION + VERB occur Technical innovation may occur directly in the factory.
INNOVATION + NOUN process
PREP. ~ in innovation in engineering
PHRASES scope for innovation
2 new idea
ADJ. great, major, important, significant | successful | welcome | interesting | latest, new | recent | scientific, technical, technological
VERB + INNOVATION come up with She believed she had come up with one of the greatest innovations of modern times. | introduce Many innovations were introduced by the 1919 Act. | design, develop technological innovations designed to save energy
INNOVATION + VERB occur
PREP. ~ by Mathematical astronomy was the great innovation by the Greeks of the 5th century BC. | ~ in innovations in machinery and instruments
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