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English

Etymology

From ideate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

ideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations)

1. The conceptualization of a mental image.
   • 2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News:

     Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.

2. (often business) The synthesis of ideas.

Translations

Further reading

• ideation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ideation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• inodiate, iodinate, taenioid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus.Morphologically innovate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

innovation (countable and uncountable, plural innovations)

1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs

3. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
4. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Antonyms

• exnovation

Translations

Danish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatør
• innovere

French

Etymology

From Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.va.sj??/, /in.n?.va.sj??/

Noun

innovation f (plural innovations)

1. innovation

Related terms

• innover
• innovateur

References

• “innovation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Declension

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatör
• innovera

Further reading

• innovation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)