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IN-uh-vayt/ˈɪnəveɪt/

To innovate is to introduce new methods, ideas, or products: innovate a process, pressure to innovate. Innovation (already in the dictionary) is the noun; an animation is not a badge swipe.

Meaning

To introduce new methods, ideas, or products.

Examples

• “Innovate the portal after the badge log works; an animation is not a swipe.”
• “Invent is the object twin. Modernise is wider. An animation is branding. A swipe is a log. Get the swipe; then animate if you still must.”

Good to know

Introduce something new. Noun: innovation (already in the dictionary). An animation ≠ a swipe.

Near in meaning

invent, modernise, pioneer

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