Summary vocabulary part 15

Innovation and invention
English for business

1. Innovation and invention
VERB NOUN: concept NOUN: thing NOUN: person
(uncountable) (countable)
Design Design A design A designer
Develop Development A development A developer
Innovate Innovation An innovation An innovator
Invent Invention An invention An inventor
 Design = to make plans or drawings for how something is to be made
 Develop = to make a new idea successful, for example by making or improving a product
 Innovate = to think of new ideas, methods, products,…
 Invent = to design and make something for the first time

2. Research and technology
Notes

 Research centre: BrE
 Research center: AmE
 Cutting edge is about 3 times as much as leading edge

Vocabulary

 Research and development (R&D)
 Research centre
 Laboratories are some of the most innovative
 Innovations - breakthroughs
 Leader in the technology = cutting edge or leading edge
 State-of-the-art = using the most advanced techniques available
 Hi-tech or low-tech products
 Obsolete = products that are no longer up-to-date
 Future-proof

3. Patents and intellectual property
Notes

 Noun
o A licence: BrE
o A license: AmE
 Verb
o To license: BrE
o To license: AmE




Vocabulary