Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to innovate
Participle: innovated
Gerund: innovating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | innovate |
| you | innovate |
| he;she;it | innovates |
| we | innovate |
| you | innovate |
| they | innovate |
Perfect
| I | have innovated |
| you | have innovated |
| he;she;it | has innovated |
| we | have innovated |
| you | have innovated |
| they | have innovated |
Past
| I | innovated |
| you | innovated |
| he;she;it | innovated |
| we | innovated |
| you | innovated |
| they | innovated |
Pluperfect
| I | had innovated |
| you | had innovated |
| he;she;it | had innovated |
| we | had innovated |
| you | had innovated |
| they | had innovated |
Future
| I | will innovate |
| you | will innovate |
| he;she;it | will innovate |
| we | will innovate |
| you | will innovate |
| they | will innovate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have innovated |
| you | will have innovated |
| he;she;it | will have innovated |
| we | will have innovated |
| you | will have innovated |
| they | will have innovated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | innovate |
| you | innovate |
| he;she;it | innovate |
| we | innovate |
| you | innovate |
| they | innovate |
Perfect
| I | have innovated |
| you | have innovated |
| he;she;it | have innovated |
| we | have innovated |
| you | have innovated |
| they | have innovated |
Imperfect
| I | innovated |
| you | innovated |
| he;she;it | innovated |
| we | innovated |
| you | innovated |
| they | innovated |
Pluperfect
| I | had innovated |
| you | had innovated |
| he;she;it | had innovated |
| we | had innovated |
| you | had innovated |
| they | had innovated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would innovate |
| you | would innovate |
| he;she;it | would innovate |
| we | would innovate |
| you | would innovate |
| they | would innovate |
Perfect
| I | would have innovated |
| you | would have innovated |
| he;she;it | would have innovated |
| we | would have innovated |
| you | would have innovated |
| they | would have innovated |
Imperative
| you | innovate |
| we | Let's innovate |
| you | innovate |
Verbs conjugated like 'innovate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'innovate'
innodate,
annotate,
innate,
innervate,
insolate,
insonate,
intonate,
invocate,
novate,
renovate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to do something new
- boldly go where no man has gone before, break new ground, novelize, pioneer
- to change the form or structure of
- adapt, alter, amend, change, convert, differentiate, metamorphose, modify, revamp, rework, transform, transmogrify, transume, variate, vary
- originate
- devise, discover, invent, contrive
Antonyms
- to use as a model or pattern
- imitate
- to do something new
- imitate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, from L.
innovatus, pp. of
innovare "to renew or change," from
in- "into" +
novus "new."
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
4. Proto-Italic *en
5. Proto-Italic *en-
6. Latin in-
7. Proto-Indo-European *nu
8. Proto-Indo-European *néwos
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
10. Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti
11. Proto-Italic *nowāō
12. Latin novō
13. Latin innovō
14. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
15. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
16. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
17. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
18. Proto-Italic *-ātos
19. Latin -ātus
20. Latin innovātusbor.
21. English innovate
22. First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "innovate"
Finnish with old forms
innovoida.
Sample Sentences
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But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […]. [, New York 2001, p.80]
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From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. [1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:]
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Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. [2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:]
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to innovate a word or an act
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The Russian defense industrial base (DIB) continues to innovate military equipment and weapons for Russian forces to use in Ukraine. [2025 February 4, Nicole Wolkov, Christina Harward, Olivia Gibson, Grace Mappes, Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, Frederick W. Kagan, Nate Trotter, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 4, 2025”, in Ukraine Project, Institute for the Study of War:]