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reinvent

[ ree-in-vent ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
  2. to remake or make over, as in a different form:

    At 60, he reinvented himself as a volunteer. We have an opportunity to reinvent government.

  3. to bring back; revive:

    to reinvent trust and accountability.



reinvent

/ ˌːɪˈɛԳ /

verb

  1. to replace (a product, etc) with an entirely new version
  2. to duplicate (something that already exists) in what is therefore a wasted effort (esp in the phrase reinvent the wheel )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reinvent1

First recorded in 1685–90; re- + invent
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Alumni are now busy reinventing American orchestral life.

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When you look at her career, Cher has reinvented herself over and over again, picking herself up after trauma or setbacks and pivoting in savvy ways.

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He’d reinvented the guitar neck and was kind of burnt out on it — couldn’t do much more with the thing.

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I need to keep reinventing life...that is the key.

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With her blockbuster 2014 novel “Everything I Never Told You,” Ng reinvented the suburban novel for our present age of anxiety, with its status-signaling, subtle racial tensions, teenage secrets and tone-deaf parents.

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