# innovation

Pronunciation: US say "in-uh-VAY-shuhn" /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/; UK

## Noun

1. The act of introducing something new, especially into customs, practices, or established ways of doing things.
   - Simple: Bringing in new ideas or new ways of doing things.
   - _Constant innovation kept the firm ahead of its competitors._
   - _Innovation in farming methods raised yields across the region._
2. Something newly introduced that runs against established customs, manners, or rites.
   - Simple: A new thing that goes against the usual customs or ways.
   - _Many elders distrusted the innovation, preferring the rites of their ancestors._
   - _Each innovation in church practice met fierce resistance from the congregation._
3. A change in established customs or practice brought about by introducing something new.
   - Simple: A change in the way things are done, made by adding something new.
   - _The reform brought a sweeping innovation to how courts handled minor cases._
   - _Decades passed before the innovation in voting procedures became routine._
4. A newly formed shoot, or the growth added each year to the stems of many mosses.
   - Simple: A new shoot, or the new growth that mosses add to their stems each year.
   - _The botanist measured the innovation produced by the moss over a single season._
   - _Under the microscope, each innovation appeared as a pale segment above last year's growth._

## Origin

This word was borrowed from Middle French "innovation", which came from Old French "innovacion" and Late Latin "innovatio", from Latin "innovo" (to renew or make new). It can also be seen as "innovate" plus the ending "-ion".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/innovation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).