Meaning & use
innovative solutions
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Meaning
phraseplural
new and original ways of dealing with problems or meeting needs.
Grammar: Used as a plural noun phrase; the singular is 'an innovative solution'.
Patterns
- innovative solutions to something
- provide innovative solutions
- find innovative solutions
The company is known for providing innovative solutions to everyday problems.
We need innovative solutions to reduce waste in our city.
Their team won an award for developing innovative solutions in health care.
Common combinations
- innovative solutions to
- Scientists are searching for innovative solutions to climate change.
- provide innovative solutions
- The startup aims to provide innovative solutions for small businesses.
- develop innovative solutions
- Engineers develop innovative solutions when old methods fail.
- innovative solutions for
- They offered innovative solutions for managing time better.
Synonyms and how they differ
- creative solutions
- Similar, but 'creative' emphasizes imagination rather than newness or practicality.
- novel approaches
- More formal; 'novel' means new and unusual, often in a scientific or academic context.
Opposites
Word family
- innovate verb
- To introduce new ideas or methods.
- innovation noun
- A new idea, method, or product.
- innovative adjective
- Introducing or using new ideas.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'innovative solutions' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Innovative solutions' is a plural noun phrase, so it cannot be used with 'an' (option 0) or as an adjective (option 2). It is followed by 'to' for the problem being solved, not 'of' (option 3).
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “innovative solutions”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.