Basic Details
Word: Innovation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A new idea, method or invention, or the act of bringing in something new.
Synonyms: invention, new idea
Antonyms: tradition
How to Spell Innovation
Syllables: in - no - va - tion
Tricky part: It starts with a double n and ends in tion. Writing inovation, with one n, is the usual mistake.
Watch out for: inovation, innovasion, inovasion
Memory tip: Nova is Latin for new; a nova is a star that suddenly shines like a new one. Bring something nova in, and in-nova-tion keeps both n's.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The solar cooker was a useful innovation for our village.
Example 2: Our science fair had many clever innovations made from waste.
Example 3: Paying with a phone was a big innovation in India.
Fun Fact
India's UPI system, launched in 2016, lets people pay with a phone and is now used for billions of payments every month.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: innovation
a) custom
b) tradition
c) habit
d) invention
Show answer
d) invention. An innovation is something new, like an invention; tradition and custom are old ways.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) experimant
b) innovation
c) discovary
d) imaginasion
Show answer
b) innovation. Innovation has a double n and ends in tion; the others should be discovery, imagination and experiment.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
voninatino
a) innovation
b) innovasion
c) innvoation
d) inovation
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a) innovation. Count the n's: there are three, two at the start and one at the end.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
i_no_ation
a) n, v
b) m, v
c) n, b
d) n, f
Show answer
a) n, v. The word is in-no-va-tion, with nn and a v.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these was an innovation when it first came?
a) a mountain
b) the sea
c) the mobile phone
d) the sun
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c) the mobile phone
2. A company that loves innovation likes ____.
a) making nothing
b) doing things the old way
c) trying new ideas
d) closing early
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c) trying new ideas
