innovator
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in·no·vate
(ĭn′ə-vāt′)v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates
v.tr.
To begin or introduce (something new) for the first time.
v.intr.
To begin or introduce something new.
[French innover, from Old French, from Latin innovāre, innovāt-, to renew : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + novāre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).]
in′no·va′tor n.
in′no·va·to′ry (-və-tôr′ē) adj.
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Noun | 1. | innovator - someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art |
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innovator
noun modernizer, introducer, inventor, changer, transformer He is an innovator in this field.
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Translations
مُبْتَكِر، مُجَدِّد
-kanovátor
fornyer
újító
nÿjungasmiîur, frumherji
novátor
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
innovator
[ˈɪnəveɪtər] n → novateur/trice m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
innovator
[ˈɪnəʊˌveɪtəʳ] n → innovatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
innovation
(inəˈveiʃən) noun (the act of making) a change or a new arrangement etc. The new system in the school canteen was a welcome innovation.
ˈinnovator nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.