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Definition: Innovative |
InnovativeAdjective1. Ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?". 2. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "innovative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| INES | English | Innovative navigation European System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: InnovativeSynonyms: advanced (adj), forward-looking (adj), innovational (adj), modern (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Innovative |
| English words defined with "innovative": advanced ♦ Charles Eames, Charles Edward Ives, Clive Sinclair ♦ Eames ♦ forward-looking ♦ Godard ♦ Hendrix ♦ innovational, Ives ♦ James Marshall Hendrix, Jean Luc Godard, Jimi Hendrix ♦ modern ♦ Sinclair, Sir Clive Marles Sinclair, Stuttgart ♦ Tharp, Twyla Tharp ♦ venture capitalist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "innovative": 386BSD ♦ A Programming Language, ARM7 ♦ cyberpunk ♦ DIRECTOR, SPEECH-AND-HEARING ♦ European Computer-Industry Research Centre GmbH ♦ Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program ♦ Internet Information Server ♦ Marketing Services Office, Meta-Vlisp, Metropolitan Area Network ♦ National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation ♦ Organic Mode ♦ POP-2, programme TERRA ♦ QL ♦ spin-out, Supercritical Water ♦ Technology, High-Cost. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Both of 'em. And I'm convinced there wasn't one seminal or innovative idea in either one of themEnjoy your punch (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Listen, looking at it very simply musicology and ethnically, the Rutles were essentially Imperical maleonglece of a rhythmically radical yet verbally passé and temporally transcended lyrically content welded with historically innovative melodical material transposed and transmogrified by the ankus of the Rutland ethic experience which elevated them from essentially alpha exponents of in essence merely beta potential harmonic material into the prime cultural exponents of Aloin condensic comic standard form (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | The names of the ships POLA and BLAKE inscribed on the facade of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. The BLAKE was the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BLAKE which was memorialized because of its work in the Gulf Stream, the Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean. It also was one of the most innovative of Nineteenth Century research vessels. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Plate I. Aime apparatus for the study of oceanic wave motion at depth described by Georges Aime in 1845. Aime should be considered as the predecessor of modern oceanography as he designed and created many innovative oceanographic measuring and analysis instruments that were models for those who followed. He was a professor at the University of Algiers. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Measured drawing delineated by Timothy A. Buehner, Isabel C. Yang, Hugh D. Hughes, 1989-92. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VA,2-CHAR.V,1- Sheet 21 of 32) President Thomas Jefferson designed his home, Monticello, as a sophisticated and innovative structure that could serve as a model of architecture for his fellow countrymen. Constructed between 1768 and 1809, Monticello has become known as one of the greatest works of western architecture, being designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Much has been written about Jefferson's passion for architecture and the antecedents for his designs. Floor plans and photographs of the house have been widely published, but it was not until the HABS section drawings were produced that one could illustrate how the geometrically complex spaces integrated vertically. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Exterior close-up of tower from north. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, August 1969. (Reproduction Number: HABS WIS,51-RACI,5-6) The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright made national headlines in 1936 with his designs for the Pennsylvania house known as Fallingwater and this building, the Johnson Wax Corporation Building in Racine, Wisconsin. Using reinforced concrete, brick, and innovative glass tubing, Wright created one of his most distinctive commercial designs for Johnson Wax. The eight-story research tower shown here was completed in 1947 to complement the original building. Each floor of the tower is cantilevered out from a central cylindrical core. The exterior walls are made of layers of curved glass tubing and brick. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The evaluation of TBI interventions will require innovative research methodologies. (references) | |
At the same time, States will have greater opportunities to pursue innovative programs. (references) | ||
Develop innovative behavioral audiometric tests that are applicable for screening programs. (references) | ||
Business | Consumers are generally very interested in new and innovative products. (references) | |
A tremendous amount of growth potential remains for innovative concepts. (references) | ||
Scandinavian manufacturers are known to be among the most innovative worldwide. (references) | ||
Economic History | Panama | The market is open to non-traditional, innovative franchises. (references) |
Switzerland | Yellow trade is the innovative Internet banking system by Postfinance. (references) | |
Ireland | Irish agents and distributors are always seeking new and innovative products. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | During the year, an innovative pilot project was initiated in the municipalities of Zacapa and Quetzaltenango to present pretrial motions orally, rather than in writing. (references) |
Political Economy | AUSTRIA | Therefore U.S. innovative pharmaceutical companies have complained that difficulty placing products on the list of reimbursable products amounts to a market access restriction. (references) |
THAILAND | Recent changes to Thailand's Safety Monitoring Program (SMP) in the pharmaceutical sector allow generic versions of a non-patented product go into SMP and be marketed even while original innovative products are in SMP, giving rise to data protection concerns. (references) | |
Trade | Israel | BIRD supports joint industrial R&D projects designed to develop, manufacture, sell and support an innovative product. (references) |
Australia | However, the development of new and innovative funding mechanisms is a key element in financing projects and infrastructure development, as public projects at the federal, state and local levels are made available for privatization. (references) | |
Travel | Croatia | A newer and more innovative managerial class is emerging with extensive Western business experience. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We created innovative Self Help funding and technical resource transfer mechanisms. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | But if you've got a good principal, an innovative, smart, capable person, who is motivated and dedicated and who believes every child can learn, you'll find excellence in that particular school. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Innovative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.41% of the time. "Innovative" is used about 1,018 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.41% | 1,012 | 7,301 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.59% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,018 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Innovative International Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | Framlington Innovative Growth Trust Plc |
| USA | Innovative Clinical Solutions Ltd. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "innovative": once-innovative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "innovative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 创新 (innovate, Innovated, Innovating, innovation). (various references) | |
Czech | inovaèní, prùkopnický (epoch making, pilot), novátorský. (various references) | |
Danish | nyskabende. (various references) | |
Dutch | innovatief ingesteld. (various references) | |
Finnish | Uutta luovat ja/tai esimerkkinä toimivat erityisten alueiden aluesuunnittelua koskevat koehankeet (Innovative and/or demonstrative pilot projects on spatial planning in specific areas, TERRA). (various references) | |
French | innovateur (innovator, innovatory), novateur (innovator, innovatory). (various references) | |
German | innovativ. (various references) | |
Greek | καινοτόμος, νεωτεριστικός. (various references) | |
Hungarian | újító (improver, innovator). (various references) | |
Italian | innovatore (innovator), innovativo. (various references) | |
Korean | 혁신 (innovation, renovation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | innovativeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Projectos-piloto inovadores e/ou exemplares em matéria de ordenamento do território em zonas específicas (Innovative and/or demonstrative pilot projects on spatial planning in specific areas, TERRA). (various references) | |
Russian | рационализаторский (innovatory), новаторский (innovatory), прогрессивный (onward, proactive, progressive), передовой (headmost). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | inovativan. (various references) | |
Spanish | innovador (pioneer). (various references) | |
Swedish | Nyskapande pilotprojekt och/eller pilotprojekt för demonstration vad gäller fysisk planering i särskilda områden (Innovative and/or demonstrative pilot projects on spatial planning in specific areas, TERRA). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | новаторський. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất đổi mới; có tính chất là một sáng kiến (innovatory). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "innovative": innovatively, innovativeness, innovativenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Innovative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: innotative, innovaive, inovative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "innovative" (pronounced i"nuvā'tiv or i"nōvā'tiv) |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, accumulative, administrative, appreciative, authoritative, collaborative, cooperative, deliberative, dissipative, elucidative, facultative, imitative, investigative, iterative, legislative, manipulative, meditative, prognosticative, qualitative, quantitative, regulative, rehabilitative, stimulative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, accumulative, administrative, appreciative, authoritative, collaborative, cooperative, deliberative, dissipative, elucidative, facultative, imitative, investigative, iterative, legislative, manipulative, meditative, prognosticative, qualitative, quantitative, regulative, rehabilitative, stimulative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-n-o-t-v-v" | |
-2 letters: innovate, venation. | |
-3 letters: enation. | |
-4 letters: anoint, eonian, innate, intine, intone, invent, invite, nation, native, novena, votive. | |
-5 letters: anent, anion, atone, avion, entia, envoi, inane, inion, naevi, naive, niton, nonet, novae, oaten, ovate, ovine, tenia, tenon, tinea, tonne, venin, vitae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-n-o-t-v-v" | |
+2 letters: innovatively. | |
+3 letters: nonderivative. | |
+4 letters: anticonvulsive, innovativeness, nonderivatives. | |
+5 letters: anticonvulsives, antivivisection. | |
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